Kyaukme

During the Second World War, the B-25s and P-47s of the USAAF Tenth Air Force carried out bombing raids between October 1944 and March 1945 on Kyaukme station, rolling stock, tracks and roads as well as Japanese troop concentrations in the area.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbi-history.com/chronology/oct_44.html|author=Gary Goldblatt|title=CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Tenth Air Force) |access-date=2008-12-29}}

On 12 February 1945, British and American units of Lt Gen Sultan's Northern Combat Area Command (NCAC) were advancing south towards Lashio and Kyaukme but were being held up by heavy fighting near the Shweli River. Kyaukme was captured on 31 March 1945 by the British 36th Infantry Division and Chinese 6th Army units, which cleared the Burma Road from Mandalay to Lashio.{{Cite web|url=http://www.burmastar.org.uk/1945.htm|title=1945|publisher=Burma Star Association|access-date=2008-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905040701/http://www.burmastar.org.uk/1945.htm|archive-date=2008-09-05|url-status=dead}}

During Operation 1027 of the Myanmar Civil War, the town experienced an influx of people fleeing from fighting from rural areas in the township.{{Cite web |date=11 January 2024 |title=Civilians Flee Myanmar Junta Barrage as TNLA Advances on Shan Town |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/civilians-flee-myanmar-junta-barrage-as-tnla-advances-on-shan-town.html |website=The Irrawaddy}} During renewed fighting in June 2024, the town was the site of clashes between junta forces and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, who eventually took control of the town.{{Cite web |date=26 June 2024 |title=TNLA Seizes Town and Myanmar Regime Positions in Northern Shan State |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/tnla-seizes-town-and-myanmar-regime-positions-in-northern-shan-state.html |website=The Irrawaddy}}{{Cite web |date=1 July 2024 |title=Op. 1027 Update: TNLA Captures Seven Myanmar Junta Bases, Two Battalion HQs |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/op-1027-update-tnla-captures-seven-myanmar-junta-bases-two-battalion-hqs.html |website=The Irrawaddy}}

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|Feb high C = 27.7

|Mar high C = 31.0

|Apr high C = 32.9

|May high C = 31.0

|Jun high C = 29.8

|Jul high C = 29.0

|Aug high C = 29.1

|Sep high C = 29.3

|Oct high C = 28.5

|Nov high C = 25.9

|Dec high C = 23.8

|Jan low C = 6.5

|Feb low C = 8.2

|Mar low C = 11.8

|Apr low C = 16.2

|May low C = 19.6

|Jun low C = 21.5

|Jul low C = 21.7

|Aug low C = 21.5

|Sep low C = 20.6

|Oct low C = 18.3

|Nov low C = 13.0

|Dec low C = 8.3

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 6.5

|Feb precipitation mm = 9.3

|Mar precipitation mm = 12.9

|Apr precipitation mm = 62.3

|May precipitation mm = 252.4

|Jun precipitation mm = 418.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 429.9

|Aug precipitation mm = 391.2

|Sep precipitation mm = 262.1

|Oct precipitation mm = 176.1

|Nov precipitation mm = 79.4

|Dec precipitation mm = 13.7

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Kyaukme has been, since before British colonial rule, the main trading centre for tea from Tawngpeng, and the hills around Kyaukme itself, inhabited by the Palaung.{{Cite web|url=http://www.shanyoma.org/yoma/Tea-Production-on-the-periphery-of-the-British-Empire.pdf|first=Robert|last=Maule|title=Tea Production On the Periphery of the British Empire|website=shanyoma.org|access-date=2017-02-09|archive-date=2017-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075430/http://www.shanyoma.org/yoma/Tea-Production-on-the-periphery-of-the-British-Empire.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.modins.net/myanmarinfo/NationEthnic/#Palaung|title=Palaung|website=MODiNS.ne t|access-date=2009-02-04}}

Burma and China signed a contract in August 2003 for a hydro power project. A dam is under construction on the Shweli River near Namhkam aiming to supply electricity to Kyaukme, Hsipaw, Lashio and Namtu.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mofa.gov.mm/news/aug19_tue_shweli.html |title=Shweli Hydel Power Project |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |date=September 1, 2003 |access-date=2009-02-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060115015446/http://www.mofa.gov.mm/news/aug19_tue_shweli.html |archive-date=January 15, 2006 }}

Malaria is endemic in the area, and its control has been the concern of the WHO since the 1950s.{{Cite web|url=http://whqlibdoc.who.int/malaria/WHO_Mal_112.pdf|last=Weeks|first=E B|date=6 September 1954|title=Experiences in the Control of Malaria Carried by A. minimus in Burma|publisher=WHO|access-date=2009-02-04}} Women of reproductive age (15-49) in Kyaukme and Nawnghkio have been targeted for improvement in reproductive health in the community in collaboration with Japan. A study mission was started in June 2004, with the project continuing for the period January 2005- December 2009.{{Cite web| url=http://www.joicfp.or.jp/eng/e-news/2004_sep/08-MyanmaJoicfpEnews040828.html|title=Preparation for the New Project on Reproductive Health with Community Initiative in Myanmar|publisher=Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP)|date=September 2004|access-date=2009-02-04}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.jicwels.or.jp/about_jicwels/ASEAN&JapanHighLevelOfficialsMeeting/4th%20Mtg.%20Country%20Report%202006%20-Support%20to%20Vulnerable%20People-/Myanmar%20Health.pdf|author=Dr Kyee Myint|title=Country Presentation:The 4th Asean & Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies, 28.8.2006.to 31.8.2006|publisher=Ministry of Health|access-date=2009-02-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501071544/http://www.jicwels.or.jp/about_jicwels/ASEAN%26JapanHighLevelOfficialsMeeting/4th%20Mtg.%20Country%20Report%202006%20-Support%20to%20Vulnerable%20People-/Myanmar%20Health.pdf|archive-date=2011-05-01}}

The Shan State Army - North (SSA-North)'s Third Brigade has been active in Mongmit, Kyaukme, Hsipaw, Namtu and Lashio. It reached a cease-fire agreement with the Burmese military government (SLORC) in 1989, and its activities have been severely curtailed.{{Cite news|url=http://www.shanland.org/politics/2005/Ceasefire-group-gets-marching-orders/|title=Ceasefire group gets marching orders|date=2005-08-30|publisher=S.H.A.N.|access-date=2009-02-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210234607/http://www.shanland.org/politics/2005/Ceasefire-group-gets-marching-orders/|archive-date=2009-02-10}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.shanland.org/politics/1999/truce_brings_only_grief.htm/|title=Truce Brings Only Grief, Says Ceasefire Leader|publisher=S.H.A.N.|date=2005-05-23|access-date=2009-02-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210233203/http://www.shanland.org/politics/1999/truce_brings_only_grief.htm/|archive-date=2009-02-10}}

During the Saffron Revolution, on 24 September 2007, 37 Buddhist monks in Kyaukme staged a peaceful protest march which ended without interference from the authorities, but they were prevented from repeating the protest the next day.{{Cite news|url=http://www.shanland.org/politics/2007/unreported-protest-in-shan-state/|title=Unreported protest in Shan State|publisher=S.H.A.N.|date=3 October 2007|access-date=2009-02-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210233544/http://www.shanland.org/politics/2007/unreported-protest-in-shan-state/|archive-date=10 February 2009}}

Sai Ohn Kyaw (born 1944) - politician

{{Reflist|2}}

• [http://wikimapia.org/3707743/KyaukMe-Town Satellite map] Wikimapia
• [http://www.asterism.info/states/11/map.html Shan State map: 10= Kyaukme] Asterism
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=Lita2OQpHDsC&dq=kyaukme&pg=PA76 Photo: American, British and Chinese soldiers meet at Kyaukme at the end of March 1945]
• [https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=kyaukme&w=all&s=int&referer_searched=1 Photos] Flickr
• [http://asiatrip.erose.ch/Myanmar/Kyaukme.htm Kyaukme - Asia Trip]

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