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unusual facts about Kyaw


Tilin Township

Among the towns and villages in Tilin Township are Akyiban, Inna, Kantha, Kyaing, Kyaw, Letpan, Mawle, Ngabyin, Sobya, Talin, Thanle, Ti, and Wetthet.


Bo Aung Kyaw Street

It is also a major business street; several Burmese airlines and travel companies have their headquarters along this street, as does The Myanmar Times and the Burmese Central Post Office, located at 39-41 Bo Aung Kyaw Street.

Japanese occupation of Burma

Disillusioned, Aung San began negotiations with Communist leaders Thakin Than Tun and Thakin Soe, and Socialist leaders Ba Swe and Kyaw Nyein which led to the formation of the Anti-Fascist Organisation (AFO) in August 1944 at a secret meeting of the CPB, the PRP and the BNA in Pegu.

Kyaw Myint

Since 1990, Kyaw Win has managed in the timber business and in 1994, he established Myanmar May Flower Bank, the third biggest in Burma with ten branches of which he is the chairman.

Kyaw Zaw

Born Maung Shwe in a village called Hsaisu near Thonze in Tharrawaddy District, British Burma, Kyaw Zaw was educated in the traditional manner, mainly in monastic schools often becoming a novice monk during the Buddhist lent, until the final year when he went to the Pazundaung Municipal High School in Rangoon.

Minhla Minkhaung Kyaw

In early May, Minhla Minkhaung Kyaw's musket corps led the capture the important town of Dagon (present-day Yangon) opposite the main seaport of Syriam (Thanlyin).

Myaing Township

Since 1998 Myaing Township has been served by the branch line of the Myanmar Railways, from Pakokku to Myaing to Kyaw and on to the Myittha River valley.


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