Kangyidaunt Township ( my, ကန်ကြီးတောင့်မြို့နယ်) is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

of the

Pathein District Pathein District ( my, ပုသိမ်ခရိုင်) is a district of Ayeyawady Division, Myanmar. It is located around and includes the urban area of the city of Pathein. The area of the Pathein District is . Its population was 1,630,71 ...

in the

Ayeyarwady Division Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...

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. It is located on the eastern edge of Pathein District, bordering the townships of

Einme Einme ( my, အိမ်မဲမြို့) is a town in the Ayeyarwady Division of south-west Myanmar. It is the seat of the Einme Township in the Myaungmya District. Einme is divided into 5 wards: Chaungwa, Upper, Einmegyi, Lepaw and Sarchunk ...

and Myaunmya in

Myaungmya District Myaungmya District ( my, မြောင်းမြခရိုင်) is a district of the Ayeyarwady Division in south western Myanmar. It consists of 5 cities. Myaungmya is the chief town of the district. Myaungmya district was formed in 189 ...

. Within Pathein District, Kangyidaunt Township is bordered by

Kyaunggon Township Kyaunggon Township ( my, ကျောင်းကုန်းမြို့နယ်) is a township of Kyonpyaw District in the Ayeyarwady Division of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IP ...

to the northeast, Thabaung Township to the north,

Pathein Township Pathein Township (formerly Bassein West Township) is a township of Pathein District in the Ayeyawady Region of Myanmar. The administrative seat of the Township, District and Region is Pathein. The city of Pathein is the largest city in the Regi ...

to the west, and

Ngapudaw Township Ngapudaw Township or Ngaputaw Township ( my, ငပုတောမြို့နယ်) is a township of Pathein District in the Ayeyarwady Division of Myanmar. There are a town, a subtownship, 3 wards, 38 village-tracts and 174 villages in 2011. ...

to the southwest. Kangyidaunt Township consists of 1 city, 7 wards, 73 village tracts and 386 villages. The principal town is Kangyidaunt. It may also be spelled as Kangyidaung. Kangyidaunt Township has a significant

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minority at 43.68% of residents in 2019.

Geography

Kangyidaunt Township is mostly flat and even, with only a few areas slightly higher than the general elevation due to the course of the rivers within the township. The North side of the township is bounded by the Daka River and the south is bound by the Panmawaddy and Ngawan Rivers. The township has many Lebbek trees and some Nipa Palms in saltwater estuaries. The township, with its abundance of navigable rivers and streams, sees many motorized boats during summer months. The Township's Water Usage Planning department monitors and maintains rivers, streams and irrigation channels to prevent

siltation Siltation, is water pollution caused by particulate terrestrial clastic material, with a particle size dominated by silt or clay. It refers both to the increased concentration of suspended sediments and to the increased accumulation (temporary or ...

. The Forestry department's nursery is growing 24,000 trees, including

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, Forest Mangrove and

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trees, to be planted in Kalarkwin and Seikthar villages to prevent erosion during the

Monsoon Season The wet season (sometimes called the Rainy season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. It is the time of year where the majority of a country's or region's annual precipitation occurs. Generally, the sea ...

. Kangyidaunt Township typically sees 85.84 inches (218cm) of rainfall and has a moderate level of risk for flooding due to both nearby deltaic river systems and a lower population density compared to nearby Pathein.

Demographics and Economy

Kangyidaunt Township is overwhelmingly rural with 93.9% of the population in 2019 (166,321 people) living outside of Kangyidaunt city. There are 1.71 women for every man in the township. 89.8% of residents are

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, with the second most common religion being

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at 9.8%.

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

is the primary industry of the Township with 140,308 acres (567.8 sq.km) of farmland. The main crop farmed is

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, with the primary markets being nearby

Pathein Pathein (, ; mnw, ဖာသီ, ), formerly called Bassein, is the largest city and the capital of the Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar (Burma). It is located 190 km (120 mi) west of Yangon within Pathein Township on the bank of the Pathei ...

Myaungmya Myaungmya ( my, မြောင်းမြမြို့ ) is a town in Myaungmya Township, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. The town is home to the Myanmar Union Adventist Seminary, a Seventh-day Adventist seminary and Myaungmya Education College. ...

and the large city of

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

further east. A few other crops like rubber, beans and pulse are also grown in much lower amounts. The main road toward Pathein from Yangon, Pathein Road, passes through the township and provides excellent transportation and communication to residents and businesses. Kangyidaunt Township also has several waterways that are regularly used for transportation, especially to rural communities. Many markets center locate themselves on rivers and streams with goods coming in by boat. Industry in the township is limited, but exists in the form of a few factories creating ice, wood products, wigs and concrete. There are also many cottage industries and artisan workshops within the town, including woodworking shops. There is extremely limited bamboo forestry and no mining in the township.

References

{{Ayeyarwady Division Townships of Ayeyarwady Region

Geography

Demographics and Economy

See also

References