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Kyigon, Kale Township

Coordinates: 23°13′46″N 94°08′01″E / 23.22944°N 94.13361°E / 23.22944; 94.13361
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Kyigon
Village
Kyigon is located in Myanmar
Kyigon
Kyigon
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 23°13′46″N 94°08′01″E / 23.22944°N 94.13361°E / 23.22944; 94.13361
Country Burma
RegionSagaing Region
DistrictKale District
TownshipKale Township
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MST)

Kyigon is a village in Kale Township, Kale District, in the Sagaing Region of western Burma (Myanmar).[1][2] Kyigon is located on the left (north) bank of the Myittha River about 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) above where the Neyinzaya River enters the Myittha.[3][4] It is about 8.8 kilometres (5.5 mi) northeast of the regional capital at Kalemyo.[5]

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  1. ^ Google Maps (Map). Google.
  2. ^ Bing Maps (Map). Microsoft and Harris Corporation Earthstar Geographics LLC.
  3. ^ Scott, James George and Hardiman, John Percy (1901) Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States, Part 2, Volume 1 Superintendent, Government Printing, Rangoon, Burma, page 279, OCLC 5769734
  4. ^ Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NF 46-03, Mawlaik U.S. Army Map Service, March 1960
  5. ^ "Kalemyo, Myanmar (Burma)" GeoNames.org
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