Kawya | |
Other Name: | mankoungyaunt |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Burma |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Burma |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Sagaing Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Hkamti |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Homalin Township |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | +6.30 |
Coordinates: | 25°N 95°W |
Kawya is a village on the Chindwin River in Homalin Township, Hkamti District, in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma. It is located north of the town of Homalin and south of Maungkan, about halfway.[1] [2] Gardens were planted in Kawya and other nearby villages around 1700 and the village has been documented as producing pickled tea, known as "letpet".[3]