Taukkyan

Htauk Kyant

ထောက်ကြန့်
Htauk Kyant ထောက်ကြန့်
Village
	Htauk Kyant Location in Burma
	Coordinates: 23°5′N 94°1′E
Country	Burma
Region	Sagaing Region
District	Kale District
Township	Kale Township
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

Htauk Kyant (Burmese: ထောက်ကြန့်; MLCTS: htaukkran. IPA: /tʰauʔt͡ʃa̰N/) is a village in Kale Township, Kale District, in the Sagaing Region of western Burma.[1][2]

In 1942 the Battle of the Htauk Kyant Roadblock was fought here between Japanese troops and Allied forces retreating from Rangoon towards India.Htauk Kyant is a village where Burmese lived before Chin settled around this village.

References

Google (29 May 2023). "Taukkyan" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
Microsoft; Nokia (29 May 2023). "Taukkyan" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

External links

Maplandia World Gazetteer

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[1] Google (29 May 2023). "Taukkyan" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

[2] Microsoft; Nokia (29 May 2023). "Taukkyan" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 29 May 2023.