Kyethi( shn, ဝဵင်းၵေႇသီႇ; my, ကျေးသီးမြို့)(Kyethi or Kehsi) is the main
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Kyethi Township,
Loilem District, in the
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the Endonym and exonym, endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. ...
of
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
. The main town is Kesi (Kyethi or Kehsi). Highway 442 passes through Kyethi town.
Kyethi, Myanmar (Burma)
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History
Kehsi, located by the Nam Heng River, was the capital of Kehsi Mansam, one of the Shan States
The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called ''muang'' whose rulers bore the title ''saopha'' in British Burma. They were analogous to the princely states of British India.
The term "Shan States" was firs ...
. It had a population of 618 in 1901.[Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 15, p. 196.](_blank)
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References
Townships of Shan State
Loilen District
Capitals of former nations
{{Shan State