Seiktein Explained

Official Name:Seiktein
Other Name:Seiktain, Seikhtain
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map:Burma
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Burma
Settlement Type:Town
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Mandalay Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Myingyan
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Kyaukpadaung
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:21.05°N 110°W
Timezone:GMT+6:30
Utc Offset:+6.30

Seiktein[1] is a town in Mandalay Region in Central Myanmar. It lies just north of Mount Popa, on the Kyaukpadaung - Taungtha road.[2] The town is in two parts, Seiktein North and Seiktein South along the road.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. "Seiktein (Approved)", United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. http://www.myanmars.net/myanmar-map/mandalay-map.htm "Map of Mandalay Division"
  3. http://www.themimu.info/MapsInfo/Mandalay/MIMU154_Kyaukpadaung_Township_100108_v01.pdf "Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Division"
  4. Taw Sein Ko, and Forchhammer, Emanuel (1899) Inscriptions of Pagan, Pinya and Ava Archaeological Survey of India, Superintendent, Government Printing, Rangoon, Burma, page 71, note,
  5. Furnivall, J. S. (1911) "Matriarchal Vestiges in Burma" The Journal of the Burma Research Society 1: pp. 15 - 30, page 21