Kyaukpyu is a town of western Myanmar on the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal. Just to the south is the offshore island of Ramree in Combermere Bay, while 250 miles (400 km) to the northwest lies Yangôn. The town includes a natural harbor which connects rice trade between Calcutta and Yangôn. The estimated population in 1983 was 19,456 inhabitants. A map showing the location of the Bay of Bengal. ... Yangon(Rangoon), Myanmar Yangon, formerly Rangoon, population 4,504,000 (2001), is the capital and largest city of Myanmar (formerly Burma). ... Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa. ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ...
KYAUKPYU, a district in the Arakan division of Lower Burma, on the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal.
The chief town, Kyaukpyu, had a population in 1901 of 3145 It has a municipal committee of twelve members, three ex officio and nine appointed by the local government, and there is a thirdclass district gaol.
Kyaukpyu is a port under the Indian Ports Act (X. of 1889), and the steamers of the British India Navigation Company call there once a week going and coming between Rangoon and Calcutta.
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