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class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">19°25′35″N</span> <span class="longitude">93°32′45″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">19.42639°N 93.54583°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">19.42639; 93.54583</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Rakhine_State" title="Rakhine State">Rakhine State</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Burma">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kyaukpyu_District" title="Kyaukpyu District">Kyaukpyu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Township</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kyaukpyu_Township" title="Kyaukpyu Township">Kyaukpyu Township</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2014)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">180,000<sup id="cite_ref-census-2024_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Ethnicities<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rakhine_people" title="Rakhine people">Arakanese</a> <a href="/wiki/Chin_people" title="Chin people">Chin</a> <a href="/wiki/Kamein" title="Kamein">Kamein</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Religions<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B6.30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+6.30">UTC+6.30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Time in Burma">MST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">+95-43-46-xxx</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><sup id="cite_ref-myp_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-myp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kyaukphyu</b> (<a href="/wiki/Burmese_language" title="Burmese language">Burmese</a>: <span lang="my">ကျောက်ဖြူမြို့</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="my-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Burmese" title="Help:IPA/Burmese">[tɕaʊʔpʰjù<span class="wrap"> </span>mjo̰]</a></span>; also spelt <b>Kyaukpyu</b>) is a major town in <a href="/wiki/Rakhine_State" title="Rakhine State">Rakhine State</a>, in western <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a>. It is located on the north western corner of <a href="/wiki/Ramree_Island" title="Ramree Island">Yanbye Island</a> on <a href="/w/index.php?title=Combermere_Bay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Combermere Bay (page does not exist)">Combermere Bay</a>, and is 250 miles (400 km) north-west of <a href="/wiki/Yangon" title="Yangon">Yangon</a>. It is the principal town of <a href="/wiki/Kyaukpyu_Township" title="Kyaukpyu Township">Kyaukphyu Township</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kyaukpyu_District" title="Kyaukpyu District">Kyaukphyu District</a>. The town is situated on a superb natural <a href="/wiki/Harbor" title="Harbor">harbor</a> which connects the rice trade between <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a> and Yangon. The estimated population in 1983 was 19,456 inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population of Kyaukphyu's urban area is 20,866 as of 2014, while <a href="/wiki/Kyaukpyu_Township" title="Kyaukpyu Township">Kyaukphyu Township</a>'s population is 165,352.<sup id="cite_ref-census-2024_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name Kyaukphyu (<abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">white rock</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Burmese_language" title="Burmese language">Burmese</a> pronunciation. In <a href="/wiki/Yangbye_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Yangbye language">Rangbre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Burmese_dialects" class="mw-redirect" title="Burmese dialects">Arakanese</a>, the town's name is pronounced "<b>Kyaukphru</b>." The old Kyaukphyu is situated 7 miles (11 km) from the present town where two colossal white rocks exist. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Earliest traces of history dates back to the 8th century, during the reign of Sula Taing Chandra who founded the settlement. </p><p>The place where the present town is, was originally a small fishing village in the 17th century.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> After the first <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Burmese_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Burmese War">Anglo-Burmese War</a>, the British established Kyaukphyu in 1838 on the spot of the fishing village. In 1852, Kyaukphyu became a district city.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 22, 2010, <a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Giri" title="Cyclone Giri">Cyclone Giri</a> made landfall on the west coast of Myanmar just north of the town at <a href="/wiki/SSHS" class="mw-redirect" title="SSHS">category five</a> strength. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kyaukphyu has a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_monsoon_climate" title="Tropical monsoon climate">tropical monsoon climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Am</i>). Temperatures are very warm throughout the year, although the winter months (December–February) are somewhat milder. There is a winter dry season (December–April) and a summer wet season (May–November). Torrential rain falls from June to August, with over 1,200 millimetres (47 in) falling in July alone. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Kyaukpyu (1991–2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.5<br />(83.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.0<br />(91.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.9<br />(91.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(86.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(88.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">30.2<br />(86.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.1<br />(71.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.9<br />(82.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(82.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7<br />(80.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.2<br />(64.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8914; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.5<br />(70.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(76.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(76.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #E4FFE4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(0.69) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(0.13) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(0.19) </td> <td style="background: #DBFFDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(0.91) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">382.1<br />(15.04) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1,184.9<br />(46.65) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1,293.4<br />(50.92) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">1,152.8<br />(45.39) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">599.9<br />(23.62) </td> <td style="background: #003600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">305.9<br />(12.04) </td> <td style="background: #97FF97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.1<br />(2.64) </td> <td style="background: #E5FFE5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(0.68) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5,052.4<br />(198.91) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7 </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 </td> <td style="background: #5959FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000BA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">25.4 </td> <td style="background: #00009B; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">28.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000A0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">28.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000E4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">22.1 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.3 </td> <td style="background: #D4D4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3 </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9 </td> <td style="background: #6D6DFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">138.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/World_Meteorological_Organization" title="World Meteorological Organization">World Meteorological Organization</a><sup id="cite_ref-WMOCLINO_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMOCLINO-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town is populated with Arakanese Buddhists. There are also small Indian group, <a href="/wiki/Kamein" title="Kamein">Kameins</a> and Chins at Kyaukphru. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quarters_or_wards">Quarters or wards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Quarters or wards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Eastern Quarter</li> <li>Western Quarter</li> <li>Central Quarter</li> <li>Mrit Nar Dan Quarter</li> <li>Zayditaung Quarter</li> <li>Asoera Quarter</li> <li>Ararshi Quarter</li> <li>Thanbanchaung Quarter</li> <li>Rakhine Paikseik Quarter</li> <li>Taung Rong Quarter</li> <li>Toe Chayy Quarter</li> <li>NgaLaPwee Quarter</li> <li>Kanyin Taw Quarter</li> <li>KaLaBa Taung Quarter</li> <li>Zetiya Quarter</li> <li>Pyinpyumaw Quarter</li> <li>Sapyingwin Quarter</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attractions">Attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Point,_Kyaukpyu" title="Point, Kyaukpyu">Kyaukphyu Viewpoint</a>, or more popularly known as <i>Point</i> is perhaps the best-known attraction in Kyaukphyu. It is at the end of the Strand Road and overlooks the Bay of Bengal and the mouth of the Thanzit (Kyaukphyu) River.</li> <li><i>Gant-gaw-taw</i>, is one of the most sacred Buddhist shrine, believed to have built in the Vesali period.</li> <li><i>Kyauk-ta-lone phaya</i>, built by King Min-ba in the <a href="/wiki/Mrauk_U" title="Mrauk U">Mrauk U</a> period, is the focal point of Kyaukphyu's Buddhist environment, beside Gant-gaw-taw shrine.</li> <li>The Japan-Myanmar Relationship Pagoda, in the outskirts of the city, is popular among the city's small Japanese population.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Teacher_training_college" class="mw-redirect" title="Teacher training college">Teacher training college</a> (TTC) was opened in Kyaukphyu in 1953. Now, this college is known as "Kyaukphyu Education College"and it was upgraded to "Kyaukphyu Education Degree College" in which academic subjects are taught. In 1954, <i>Kyaukphyu Intermediate College</i> for Arakan, the embryo of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sittwe_University&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sittwe University (page does not exist)">Sittwe University</a> was opened in Kyaukpyu. Kyaukphyu GTI was opened in 2014 and upgraded to a Government Technological College in 2022, and from the 2022-2023 academic year, it started teaching courses that will provide the Bachelor of Engineering Technology (B.Tech).In 2023, it has become <a href="/w/index.php?title=Technological_University,Kyaukpyu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Technological University,Kyaukpyu (page does not exist)">Technological University,Kyaukpyu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other">Other</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Collis" title="Maurice Collis">Maurice Collis</a>, a famous British writer, lived in Kyaukphyu in 1920s. His house, situated outskirts of Kyaukphyu is maintained as a historic building. </p><p>Water ways is the main mode of transportation and traveling. There were boat accidents because of poor maintenance and lack of enforcement on regulation. Over 100 were assumed to be dead in <i>Aung Takon 3</i> ferry accident of March 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Port">Port</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Port"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2007, <a href="/wiki/Asia_World" title="Asia World">Asia World</a> announced that it would be building a deep sea port on <a href="/wiki/Maday_Island" title="Maday Island">Maday Island</a> in Kyaukphyu.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The port will be a transit point for goods destined for Yangon, Kolkata, and <a href="/wiki/Chittagong" title="Chittagong">Chittagong</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The port is part of the <a href="/wiki/21st_Century_Maritime_Silk_Road" title="21st Century Maritime Silk Road">21st Century Maritime Silk Road</a> that runs from the Chinese coast to the south via <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> towards the southern tip of India, then through the Red Sea via the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal</a> to the Mediterranean, there via <a href="/wiki/Haifa" title="Haifa">Haifa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> to the Upper Adriatic region to the northern Italian hub of <a href="/wiki/Trieste" title="Trieste">Trieste</a> with its rail connections to <a href="/wiki/Central_Europe" title="Central Europe">Central Europe</a> and the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The port is viewed as a gateway to the <a href="/wiki/BCIM_Economic_Corridor" title="BCIM Economic Corridor">Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:Curtis&Klaus_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:Curtis&Klaus-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 67">: 67 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oil_pipeline">Oil pipeline</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Oil pipeline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sino-Myanmar_pipelines" title="Sino-Myanmar pipelines">Sino-Myanmar pipelines</a></div> <p>In December 2008, China and Burma signed a deal to construct an oil pipeline at Kyaukphyu.<sup id="cite_ref-kea_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kea-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 November 2010, the <a href="/wiki/China_Development_Bank" title="China Development Bank">China Development Bank</a> and Myanmar Foreign Investment Bank signed a $2.4 billion loan deal to construct the 660 miles (1,060 km) <a href="/wiki/Pipeline_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Pipeline transport">pipeline</a> from Kyaukphyu to <a href="/wiki/Kunming" title="Kunming">Kunming</a> in <a href="/wiki/Yunnan" title="Yunnan">Yunnan</a> province, China.<sup id="cite_ref-shw_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shw-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pipeline is expected to be completed in 2015 and capable of transporting 400,000 barrels of oil per day.<sup id="cite_ref-kea_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kea-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These construction projects will allow China to directly obtain oil and gas from the Middle East (via the port terminal at Kyaukphyu), thereby avoiding shipping through the <a href="/wiki/Malacca_Straits" class="mw-redirect" title="Malacca Straits">Malacca Straits</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The oil pipeline was completed in August 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Natural_gas_pipeline_and_terminal">Natural gas pipeline and terminal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Natural gas pipeline and terminal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Separately, as reported by the <i><a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a></i> in February 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-ft_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> nearly 2,000 workers are finalising close to Kyaukphyu, a major natural gas projects, the Shwe gas pipeline and onshore terminal. This terminal and pipeline are being built by South Korea's <a href="/wiki/Daewoo" title="Daewoo">Daewoo</a> International in a consortium with state-owned <a href="/wiki/Myanmar_Oil_and_Gas_Enterprise" class="mw-redirect" title="Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise">Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise</a> (<a href="/wiki/MOGE" class="mw-redirect" title="MOGE">MOGE</a>) and others. From May 2013, this pipeline is planned to pump about 12bn cubic metres of natural gas annually, most of which will also go to China via nearby Maday island. </p><p>These oil and gas <a href="/wiki/Sino-Burma_pipelines" class="mw-redirect" title="Sino-Burma pipelines">Sino-Burma pipelines</a> projects are supervised by a Myanmar "<a href="/wiki/Kyaukpyu_Special_Economic_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone">Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone</a>" agency and are estimated to use about U$3bn of investments and to have the potential of creating over 200,000 jobs, while additional capital will be required to develop a port for dry containerized and bulk cargoes, as well as a railway which will link Kyaukphyu to Kunming, in Yunnan. </p><p>The Myanmar section of the gas pipeline was completed on 12 June 2013 and gas started to flow to China on 21 October 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MmT_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MmT-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kunming-Kyaukphyu_Railway">Kunming-Kyaukphyu Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Kunming-Kyaukphyu Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The railway project would be 1,215 km long, and its design and construction are subject to a preliminary agreement between Myanmar's and China's government. </p><p>In 2009, a railway link through to <a href="/wiki/Jiegao" title="Jiegao">Jiegao</a> in China was proposed. In 2011 the proposal was expanded to a link between <a href="/wiki/Kunming" title="Kunming">Kunming</a> and Kyaukphyu. President Thein Sein's signed a memorandum of understanding during his May 2011 visit to <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a> between Myanmar's rail transport ministry and China's state-owned Railway Engineering Corporation to build the railway.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It will also connect to <a href="/wiki/Kaladan_Multi-Modal_Transit_Transport_Project" title="Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project">Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project</a> via <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Myanmar#Lines_under_construction" title="Rail transport in Myanmar">311 km link to be completed by 2021–22</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Kyaukhtu" title="Kyaukhtu">Kyaukhtu</a> in north to <a href="/wiki/Ann,_Myanmar" title="Ann, Myanmar">Ann</a> in south and then south-east to <a href="/wiki/Minbu" title="Minbu">Minbu</a>. </p><p> The <a href="/wiki/Standard_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard gauge">standard gauge</a> line from <a href="/wiki/Kunming" title="Kunming">Kunming</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> to Kyaukphyu port opened in 2021.<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style></p><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Americas.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_Economic_Zone_and_its_impact">Special Economic Zone and its impact</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Special Economic Zone and its impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Myanmar government officials have stated that these massive projects will be conducted with enhanced consultation with the local population. In this respect, there has already been protests by some locals against the consequences of some of these projects, such as potential impact on fishing or land confiscations which may be conducted by authorities for these terminals and pipelines. A December 2012 report by the "Arakan Oil Watch" organization about plans to build a special economic zone near Kyaukphyu on Ramree Island in Arakan State, claimed it would "endanger the health of thousands of people and destroy Myanmar's second largest mangrove forest". The report, titled "Danger Zone," states that around 40 villages would be adversely affected by the project, which would use 120 km<sup>2</sup> of pristine coastline. </p><p>End December 2015, the Myanmar government announced that it had chosen a consortium of mostly Chinese companies to develop a special economic zone and a deep-water port, as a result of a tender initiated in 2014 for an industrial park and a deep-water port to be built and operated as public–private partnerships. </p><p>The selected Chinese-led consortium won over a dozen other bidders to win the development rights late last year. The six companies in the consortium include China state-owned groups <a href="/wiki/Citic" class="mw-redirect" title="Citic">Citic</a> (finance), <a href="/wiki/China_Harbour_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="China Harbour Engineering">China Harbour Engineering</a>, China Merchants Holdings (International), TEDA Investment Holding, Yunnan Construction Engineering Group (YNJG), and the <a href="/wiki/Charoen_Pokphand" title="Charoen Pokphand">Charoen Pokphand</a> Group, a Thai conglomerate. CITIC and the six other investing firms will hold an 85 percent stake, with the Burmese government taking the rest. </p><p>While <a href="/wiki/China_Harbour_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="China Harbour Engineering">China Harbour Engineering</a> is a well-known engineering firm for designing and building deep sea ports, the <a href="/wiki/China_Merchants_Group" title="China Merchants Group">China Merchants Group</a>, through some of its affiliates (<a href="/wiki/China_Merchants_Holdings_(International)" class="mw-redirect" title="China Merchants Holdings (International)">China Merchants Holdings (International)</a>, <a href="/wiki/China_Merchants_Group" title="China Merchants Group">China Merchants Group</a>, both listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, and <a href="/wiki/China_Merchants_Energy_Shipping" title="China Merchants Energy Shipping">China Merchants Energy Shipping</a>) is a global operator of ports as well as of oil tanker and dry bulk ships which has been approved to absorb in 2016 another Chinese state-controlled tanker and bulk ships operator, <a href="/wiki/Sinotrans_Shipping" title="Sinotrans Shipping">Sinotrans Shipping</a>. </p><p>By 2025, the consortium plans to build a roughly 1,000-hectare industrial park and Myanmar's highest-capacity port, with facilities able to handle 7 million 20-foot-equivalent-units (TEU) of containerized cargo per year. Total project costs are estimated to be in the range of several billion dollars. The projects are said to lead to the creation of some 100,000 jobs. </p><p>Some analysts claim that the Kyaukphyu deep-water port has a strategic dimension as part of China's <a href="/wiki/Belt_and_Road_Initiative" title="Belt and Road Initiative">Belt and Road Initiative</a> and <a href="/wiki/String_of_Pearls_(China)" class="mw-redirect" title="String of Pearls (China)">String of Pearls</a> strategy.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Kyaukphyu port and Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is one of three major port and coastal development projects in Myanmar, together with the <a href="/wiki/Thilawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Thilawa">Thilawa</a> zone near <a href="/wiki/Yangon" title="Yangon">Yangon</a>, the country's most populous and economically developed city, and the <a href="/wiki/Dawei" title="Dawei">Dawei</a> zone in the south-east, near the Thai border, all of which have attracted major financial and industrial interests. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyaukphyu&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Point,_Kyaukpyu" title="Point, Kyaukpyu">Point, Kyaukphyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyaukpyu_Airport" title="Kyaukpyu Airport">Kyaukphyu Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shwe_gas_field" title="Shwe gas field">Shwe gas field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino-Burma_pipelines" class="mw-redirect" 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