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Kanmaw Kyun or Kanmaw Island is an island in the
page 432
"Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, Bokpyin NC 47-2"
U.S. Army Map Service, July 1960 Kithareng or Ketthayin. After the June 1989 "Adaptation of Expressions Law" the island's name was changed to Kanmaw, named after the town of Kanmaw on the northeastern coast, which is now called Kyunsu.
Kanmaw is located in the
Kanmaw Kyun or Kanmaw Island is an island in the Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea (historically also known as the Burma Sea) is a marginal sea of the northeastern Indian Ocean bounded by the coastlines of Myanmar and Thailand along the Gulf of Martaban and west side of the Malay Peninsula, and separated from ...
along the coast of southeastern Burma (Myanmar)
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, and is part of the Mergui Archipelago. Administratively, it is located in Kyunsu Township
Kyunsu or Kanmaw Township is a township of Myeik District in the Taninthayi Division of Myanmar. The principal town is Kyunsu (older name Kanmaw
, Myeik District, in the Taninthayi Region. On the northeastern side of the island is the town of Kyunsu, which is the administrative seat for the township. The island covers a total area of 409 km2.
Etymology
Under the British, the island was known as Kisseraing Island,Hydrographic Office (1916) ''Bay of Bengal Pilot: Bay of Bengal and the Coasts of India and Siam, including the Nicobar and Andaman Islands'' US Navy, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.page 432
"Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, Bokpyin NC 47-2"
U.S. Army Map Service, July 1960 Kithareng or Ketthayin. After the June 1989 "Adaptation of Expressions Law" the island's name was changed to Kanmaw, named after the town of Kanmaw on the northeastern coast, which is now called Kyunsu.
Geography
Kanmaw is located in the Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea (historically also known as the Burma Sea) is a marginal sea of the northeastern Indian Ocean bounded by the coastlines of Myanmar and Thailand along the Gulf of Martaban and west side of the Malay Peninsula, and separated from ...
in the east central Mergui Archipelago. Kanmaw is surrounded by other islands of the archipelago. This includes the elongated Letsok-aw Island
Letsok-aw Island (Domel Island)''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute'' By National Geospatial-intelligence Agency is an island in the Mergui Archipelago, Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl ...
to the west, and Money Island and Sabi Island
Sabi Island (Sabi Kyun or Trotter Island"Trotter Island (Variant)" , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) is an island in the Mergui Archipelago of Taninthayi Region, Burma (Myanmar). It lies between Money Island to the south a ...
above that, Julian Island and Tucker Island and Sakanthit Island further to the north and larger islands to the east, Medaw and the larger Singu Island. Kanmaw, covering about , with a coastline of 130.4 km in the Mergui Archipelago is almost densely forested with tropical rain forest and dry deciduous forests and a number of short rivers raising in the forested hills. It has sandy beaches and coral reefs along its coastline.
The larger villages on Kanmaw aside from the main town of Kyunsu are Bemagyauk Ywa, Thechaung and Mawngaungdon Ywa on its east coast and Yedwindaung Ywa on its west coast with Sidongyaung in the mid-west to the northeast of Yedwinfaung Ywa.
Economy
The economy of the Kanmaw is dependent on rubber plantations. To improve the economic conditions, village roads are being built in the island. A shrimp farming project was also launched in May 2001 said to be the largest foreign investment project in the livestock-breeding sector.References
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