Kyeintali ( my, ကျိန္တလီ) is a town located in Gwa Township of

Rakhine State Rakhine State (; , , ; formerly known as Arakan State) is a state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State to the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady Region to the east, the Bay of Ben ...

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(Burma).

Local area

The area in and around Kyeintali contains beaches, plains and mountains. Markets are also present in many places. The area is mainly populated by the Rakhine people. Kyeintali is a 40 km bus or taxi ride south of

Ngapali Beach Thandwe ("Thandway" in Arakanese; ; formerly Sandoway) is a town and major seaport in Rakhine State, the westernmost part of Myanmar. Thandwe is very ancient, and is said to have been at one time the capital of Rakhine State, then called Arakan ...

, or a long bus ride from

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

Natural resources

Macrognathus pavo
A species included in

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biologi ...

,
Macrognathus pavo
' ,is only known from Kyeintali Chaung (stream) in the Rakhine Yoma, Myanmar. It only known from the headwaters of the type locality stream, and is likely restricted to that basin. ''Macrognathus pavo'' was described in 2010 and further information is required on the species habitat and ecology, as well as population and distribution. It is currently assessed as Data Deficient.

Kyeintali River Bridge

Jan. 1: The K 58.7 million Kyeintali River Bridge on the Thandwe-Gwa Road in Rakhine State was inaugurated by Minister for Progress of Border Areas and National Races and Development Affairs Lt-Gen. Maung Thint and SLORC Secretary-1 Lt-Gen. Khin Nyunt. (NLM 1/2)http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs3/95-01.txt

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