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]
Seiktein
Seiktain, Seikhtain | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Seiktein Location in Burma | |
| Coordinates: 21°03′N 95°15′E / 21.050°N 95.250°E | |
| Country |  Burma |
| Region | Mandalay Region |
| District | Myingyan |
| Township | Kyaukpadaung |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (GMT+6:30) |
Notable citizens
edit- Asaw, Queen of Uzana and mother of Narathihapate and Tayabya.[4][5]
Notes
edit- ↑ "Seiktein (Approved)" Seiktein at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ↑ "Map of Mandalay Division" Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Myanmar's Net
- ↑ "Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Division"[permanent dead link] map ID:MIMU154_Kyaukpadaung_Township_100111, created: 11 January 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
- ↑ 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, OCLC 5131889
- ↑ Furnivall, J. S. (1911) "Matriarchal Vestiges in Burma" The Journal of the Burma Research Society 1: pp. 15–30, page 21
External links
edit- "Seiktein Map — Satellite Images of Seiktein" Maplandia World Gazetteer