Seiktein

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
Country	Burma
Region	Mandalay Region
District	Myingyan
Township	Kyaukpadaung
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (GMT+6:30)

Notable citizens

• Asaw, Queen of Uzana and mother of Narathihapate and Tayabya.^[4][5]

Notes

1. "Seiktein (Approved)" Seiktein at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
2. "Map of Mandalay Division" Myanmar's Net
3. "Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay Division"^{[permanent dead link‍]} map ID:MIMU154_Kyaukpadaung_Township_100111, created: 11 January 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
4. 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
5. Furnivall, J. S. (1911) "Matriarchal Vestiges in Burma" The Journal of the Burma Research Society 1: pp. 15–30, page 21

External links

• "Seiktein Map — Satellite Images of Seiktein" Maplandia World Gazetteer