Kyunsu_Township

Kyunsu Township

Kyunsu Township

Township in Taninthayi Region, Burma

Kyunsu or Kanmaw Township is a township of Myeik District in the Taninthayi Division of Myanmar. The principal town is Kyunsu (older name Kanmaw[1]). The township constitutes much of the Mergui Archipelago to the west, northwest and southwest of the city of Mergui (Myeik).[2] The main town is located on the north-east coast of Kanmaw Island to the southwest of Mergui city.[3][4]

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History

Kyunsu Township was created out of Mergui Township in 1990,[5] the remainder of which became Myeik Township.

References

  1. [1]
    "Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, Bokpyin NC 47-2" U.S. Army Map Service, July 1960
  2. [2]
    Kyunsu Township (PDF) (Map). Myanmar Information Management Unit. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  3. [3]
    Google Maps (Map). Google.
  4. [4]
    Bing Maps (Map). Microsoft and Harris Corporation Earthstar Geographics LLC.
  5. [5]
    Südostasien Aktuell (Journal of current southeast Asian affairs) volume 18 page 199, in German
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