Kyaikto Township ( my, ကျိုက်ထိုမြို့နယ်) 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 ...

Thaton District Thaton District ( my, သထုံခရိုင်; Karen: Doo The Htoo ; Pa-O: သထွုံႏခရဲင်ႏ; is a district of the Mon State in Myanmar. The capital is Thaton town. The district covers an area of 5,157 km2, and had a ...

in the

Mon State Mon State ( my, မွန်ပြည်နယ်, ; mnw, တွဵုရးဍုင်မန်, italics=no) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to the ...

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. Its principal town is

Kyaikto Kyaikto ( my, ကျိုက်ထိုမြို့; mnw, ကျာ်ထဝ်) is a town in the Mon State of south-east Myanmar. It is part of the Kyaikto Township in Thaton District. It is the nearest town to the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda Kyaik ...

. There were 157,216 persons with 27,745 households in Kyaikto Township according to an answer at Myanmar Parliament in September 2011. And there were one 25-bed township hospital, one 16-bed Theinzayat Station Hospital, one maternal and child healthcare centre, seven rural healthcare centres, and 28 rural healthcare branches. http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/139newsn.pdf Page 16 Column 4

Transport

Theinzayat Railway Station is the main train station that serves the township Kyaikto township.

References

Townships of Mon State {{Mon-geo-stub