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Kyauktaw is a town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

in the north Rakhine State

Rakhine State

Rakhine State is a Burmese state. Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State in the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady Region in the east, the Bay of Bengal to the west, and the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh to the northwest. It is located approximately between...

of westernmost part of Myanmar

Myanmar

Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....

. The famous Mahamuni Buddha

Mahamuni Buddha

The Mahamuni Buddha Temple is a Buddhist temple and major pilgrimage site, located southwest of Mandalay, Burma . The Mahamuni Buddha image is deified in this temple, and originally came from Arakan...

Image was situated near Kyauk Taw, in the ruins of the old city of Dhanyawadi

Dhanyawadi

Dhanyawadi was a town in Northern Rakhine State, Myanmar.The site is approximately 80 miles north by north east of Sittwe, and lies between the Kaladan River and Thare Chaung . Like much of Northern Rakhine State, it is in a hilly locale...

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Kyauktaw has many sugar mills and sugarcane plantations.

The Kispanadi Bridge is located at the entrance to Kyauk Taw, traversing the Kaladan River

Kaladan River

The Kaladan River is a river in eastern Mizoram State of India, and in Chin State and Rakhine State of western Myanmar. It forms the international border between India and Burma between 22° 47′ 10" N and 22° 11′ 06" N.-Geography:The river arises in central Chin State as the Timit, 22° 49′ 28″ N ...

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Kyauktaw is situated at 65 miles (104.6 km) far from the North of Sittwe, the capital city of Rakhine State.