Kyethi

Kyethi (Kyethi or Kehsi) is the main town of Kyethi Township, Loilem District, in the Shan State of Burma. The main town is Kesi (Kyethi or Kehsi). Highway 442 passes through Kyethi town.[2]

This article is about the town. For the former Shan princely state, see Kehsi Mansam. For the present-day administrative division, see Kyethi Township.
Kyethi (Kesi)
Town
Kyethi (Kesi)
Coordinates: 21.93°N 97.8218°E / 21.93; 97.8218
Country Myanmar
State Shan State
DistrictLoilem District
TownshipKyethi Township
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MMT)
[1]

History

Kehsi, located by the Nam Heng River, was the capital of Kehsi Mansam, one of the Shan States. It had a population of 618 in 1901.[3]

gollark: The phone network is terrible so I assume they can do horrible things.
gollark: We could make a reddit bot. Somehow.
gollark: Free receiving, however much it costs per sent one.
gollark: I have a spare phone around which could be a SMS bridge if it had a phone contract of some sort.
gollark: Sign up for it on separate accounts to other things and transfer the login details.

References
  1. GoogleEarth
  2. Kyethi, Myanmar (Burma)
  3. Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 15, p. 196.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.