Kyaukpyu Township ( my, ကျောက်ဖြူမြို့နယ်) is a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of
Kyaukpyu District
Kyaukpyu District ( my, ကျောက်ဖြူခရိုင်) is a district of the Rakhine State in western Myanmar. The capital lies at Kyaukphyu.
Etymology
The name Kyaukpyu (lit. "white rock") is the Burmese pronunciation. In the l ...
in the
Rakhine State
Rakhine State (; , , ; formerly known as Arakan State) is a Administrative divisions of Myanmar, state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State to the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady R ...
of
Myanmar
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. The principal town is
Kyaukpyu
Kyaukpyu ( my, ကျောက်ဖြူမြို့ ; also spelt Kyaukphyu) is a major town in Rakhine State, in western Myanmar. It is located on the north western corner of Yanbye Island on Combermere Bay, and is 250 miles (400 ...
.
At Ma Day Island of Kyaukpyu Township, a deep sea port was being built by Aisa World Company by investment of China National Petroleum Corporation.
Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone
The Kyaukpyu SEZ plan is included an industrial zone, residential housing estates and a deep-water port and to cover about near Sit Taw and Si Maw Village. roadway and railway will linked between SEZ and
Yunnan
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Province of
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. But it will be relocated near to Kani Village because of finding an active
mud volcano
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in initially planned area. Nippon
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, China's CITIC group and Burma's
Htoo Trading are expected to investment this project.
CPG Consultancy Ltd., a Singaporean company, is appointed as adviser in selection of investment proposals.
Shwe Gas Project
It is one of the Burma's largest natural gas projects. A USD 3 billion gas pipeline and onshore tanker terminal project was built by
Daewoo
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,
China National Petroleum Corporation
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and Burma's state-owned Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise. It can pump about 12 billion cubic meters of gas annually to
Kunming
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, Yunnan Province of China. It is planned to pump 22 million tonnes of crude oil annually. The dual oil and gas pipelines run over from Kyaukpyu to Kunming.
See also
Sino-Burma pipelines
References
External links
Ramree Island Business and Travel NewsKyauk Phyu Special Economic Zone
Townships of Rakhine State
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