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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 82.

82 KY,4UKSE TOWNSHIP Kyaukse Township.-Central township of Kyaukse District, Upper Burma, lying between 210 25' and 21° 41' N. and 96° 2' and 96° 21' E., ' with an area of 17 2 square miles. The population was 45,733 in 189x, and 44,378 in 1901, so that it is one of the most thickly populated townships in the Province. It contains one town, KYAUKSE (population, 5,420), the head-quarters of -the District and township;' and 231 villages. The township is an extensive plain, walled in by the Shan plateau on the east; and is well irrigated by canals taking off, from the Zawgyi river. In 1903-4 the area cultivated was 105 square miles, of which 82 square miles were irrigated, 'and the land revenue and thathameda amounted fo Rs. 3,34,0'00. ' Ii yaukse Town.-Head-quarters of Kyaukse District, Upper Burma, situated in 210 37' N. and 96° 9' E., on the right bank of the Zawgyi river, near the centre of the District; 27 miles by rail from Mandalay and 359 from Rangoon. Population (1960, 5)420. It takes its name from the stone weir which' here bestrides the Zawgyi at a point close to where its channel is crossed by the railway line. It lies at the foot of the Shwethayaung hill, an isolated limestone mass, rising' from the plain to a height of 975 feet, and is well laid out, the civil station lying to the west, and the business quarter to the east of the railway line. The hill is crowned with a shrine which dates from the reign _ of king Anawrata, and at its foot is the Shwemoktho pagoda; said to have been built by Asoka and repaired by Anawrata. The town has no industries of importance, and the inhabitants are to a large extent -petty traders. The town was constituted a municipality in 1888. The income and expenditure ,during the decade ending igor' averaged about Rs. r9,ooo. In 1903-4 the income amounted to.' Rs. 21,ooo; the main sources being bazar rents (Rs. 1 i,ooo) and house and land tax (Rs. 4,500). The expenditure was Rs. 22,000, the* chief items being conservancy (Rs. 6,000), and hospital,' which contains 4o bed$ (Rs. 4,660): Kyauktan Subdivision.-Subdivision of Hanthawaddy-District, Lower Burma, comprising the KYAUKTAN, THONGWA, and THABYEGAN townships. , Kyauktan Township.-Township in Hanthawaddy District, Lower Burma, lying between 1.6° 3o'and 16o 48'N. and 96' 11* and 96" 37' E., along the lower reaches of the Rangoon river and the Gulf of Martaban, with an area of 403 square miles. Except for one low laterite ridge, it is Absolutely fiat. The head-quarters are at the village of Kyauktan '(population, 2,653), pleasantly situated on the 'right bank of the Hmawwun stream, 5 miles from its junction with the Rangoon river. Syriam (population, 1,961), 'historically the most interesting town in "the District, lies in the west of the township. The township, as at present constituted, had a population of 52,065 in 19oî, and contained