Kyangin ( my, ကြံခင်းမြို့) is a town 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 ...
of south-west
Myanmar
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 C. Wells, Joh ...
. It is the seat of the
Kyangin Township
Kyangin Township ( my, ကြံခင်းမြို့နယ်) is a township of Hinthada District in the Ayeyarwady Division of Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions requ ...
in the
Hinthada District
Hinthada District ( my, ဟင်္သာတခရိုင်; formerly Henzada District) is a district of Ayeyarwady Division, Myanmar.
Townships
The district contains the following townships:
*Hinthada Township
Hinthada Township ( my, ဟ ...
. The name Kyangin came from Kyant Kin. ''Kyant'' means ''crocodile'' in
Mon language
The Mon language (, mnw, ဘာသာမန်, links=no, (Mon-Thai ဘာသာမည်) ; my, မွန်ဘာသာ; th, ภาษามอญ; formerly known as Peguan and Talaing) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon peopl ...
, and here ''Kin'' means ''guard for taxation on waterway''.
Populated places in Ayeyarwady Region
Township capitals of Myanmar
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