Kyaikkami

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footnotes = Kyaikkami is a resort town in the Mon State of south-east Myanmar.

Formerly known as Amherst, named after William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, the then governor-general it is situated on a peninsula about 30 miles (48 km) south of the town of Moulmein. In fact it is popular for local Myanmar pilgrims and some tourists. Because the town has a pagoda (Kyaik-kami Ye le Pha Ya) just constructed on the sea using the natural foundation of its ocean reefs and is connected with the corridor to the beach and always attracts the people for the festival of donations over the sea-tides.

History

It was originally a settlement of the Mon peoples, but modern Kyaikkami was founded by the British during the annexation of Tenasserim and Arakan states after the First Burmese War (1824–1826) [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9046561/Kyaikkami Encyclopedia Britannica] ] . Indeed, the town was a fishing village of Mon but it used to be a certain head-quarter for British commanding officers for their southern-Burma control.

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