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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 958 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KYAUKPYU , a See also:

district in the See also:Arakan See also:division of See also:Lower See also:Burma, on the eastern See also:coast of the See also:Bay of See also:Bengal. It consists of, first, a See also:strip of mainland along the Bay of Bengal, extending from the An pass, across the See also:main range, to the Ma-I See also:River, and, secondly, the large islands of Ramree and See also:Cheduba, with many others to the See also:south, lying off the coast of See also:Sandoway. The mainland in the See also:north and See also:east is highly mountainous and See also: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 See also:group of islands separated by deep, narrow, See also:salt-See also:water inlets, forming the north-eastern See also:shore of Kyaukpyu See also:harbour, which extends for nearly 30 M. along Ramree in a south-easterly direction, and has an See also:average breadth of 3 M. The See also:principal mountains are the Arakan Yomas, which send out spurs and sub-spurs almost to the See also:sea-coast. The An pass, an important See also:trade route, rises to a height of 4664 ft. above sea-level. The Dha-let and the An • See also:rivers are navigable by large boats for 25 and 45 M. respectively. Above these distances they are See also:mere See also:mountain torrents. Large forests of valuable See also:timber See also:cover an See also:area of about 65o sq. m. Kyaukpyu contains numerous " mud volcanoes," from which See also:marsh See also:gas is frequently discharged, with occasional issue of See also:flame. The largest of these is situated in the centre of Cheduba See also:island. See also:Earth-oil See also:wells exist in several places in the district.

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surface has the See also:appearance of a whitish-See also:blue water, which gives out brilliant See also:straw-coloured rays, and emits a strong pungent odour. See also:Limestone, See also:iron and See also:coal are also found. Area 4387 sq. m.; pop. (19o1), 168,827, showing an increase in the See also:decade of 2.3%. The See also:chief See also:town, Kyaukpyu, had a See also:population in Igo' of 3145. It has a municipal See also:committee of twelve members, three ex officio and nine appointed by the See also:local See also:government, and there is a third-class district See also:gaol. Kyaukpyu is a See also:port under the See also:Indian Ports See also:Act (X. of 1889), and the steamers of the See also:British See also:India See also:Navigation See also:Company See also:call there once a See also:week going and coming between See also:Rangoon and See also:Calcutta.

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