KYAUKPYU

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KYAUKPYU , a

district

DISTRICT

in the Arakan division of Lower Burma, on the eastern

coast

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

of the Bay of Bengal. It consists of, first, a strip of mainland along the Bay of Bengal, extending from the An pass, across the main range, to the Ma-I River, and, secondly, the large islands of Ramree and Cheduba, with many others to the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

, lying off the

coast

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

of Sandoway. The mainland in the north and

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

is highly mountainous and forest-clad, and the lower portion is cut up into numerous islands by a network of tidal creeks. Between the mainland and Ramree lies a group of islands separated by deep, narrow, salt-water inlets, forming the north-eastern shore of Kyaukpyu harbour, which extends for nearly 30 M. along Ramree in a

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

-easterly direction, and has an average breadth of 3 M. The principal mountains are the Arakan Yomas, which send out spurs and sub-spurs almost to the sea-coast. The An pass, an important trade route, rises to a height of 4664 ft. above sea-level. The Dha-let and the An
rivers are navigable by large boats for 25 and 45 M. respectively. Above these distances they are mere mountain torrents. Large forests of valuable timber cover an area of about 65o sq. m. Kyaukpyu contains numerous " mud volcanoes," from which marsh gas is frequently discharged, with occasional issue of flame. The largest of these is situated in the centre of Cheduba island. Earth-oil wells exist in several places in the

district

DISTRICT

. The oil when brought to the surface has the

appearance

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

of a whitish-blue water, which gives out brilliant straw-coloured rays, and emits a strong pungent odour. Limestone, iron and coal
are also found. Area 4387 sq. m.; pop. (19o1), 168,827, showing an increase in the decade of 2.3%.
The

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

town, Kyaukpyu, had a population in Igo' of 3145. It has a municipal committee of twelve members, three ex officio and nine appointed by the local government, and there is a third-class district

gaol

GAOL, or JAIL

. Kyaukpyu is a port under the Indian Ports Act (X. of 1889), and the steamers of the British India Navigation Company

call

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

there once a

week

WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=
change
- CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)
, turn)

going and coming between Rangoon and Calcutta.

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