Kyethi( shn, ဝဵင်းၵေႇသီႇ; my, ကျေးသီးမြို့)(Kyethi or Kehsi) is the main

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Kyethi Township Kyethi Township ( my, ကျေးသီးမြို့နယ်) is a township of Loilem District in the Shan State of Burma. The main town is Kesi (Kyethi or Kehsi). History Beginning on 6 October 2015 a large scale offensive by the Tatmad ...

Loilem District Loilem District is a district of the Shan State in Myanmar. It consists of 9 towns in 2010. Its capital is Loilem. Townships The district contains the following townships: * Loilem Township * Nansang Township *Kunhing Township * Lai-Hka ...

, in the

Shan State Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ...

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. 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

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, was the capital of

Kehsi Mansam Kehsi Mansam (also known as Kehsi Mangam and as Kyithi Bansan) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. Its capital was Kehsi town, located by the Nam Heng River. The state includ ...

, 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 fi ...

. It had a population of 618 in 1901.Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 15, p. 196.
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References

Townships of Shan State Loilen District Capitals of former nations {{Shan State