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Kanni II, Kyain Seikgyi

human settlement in Myanmar

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ6364055 ↗
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Kanni is a large village in Kawkareik Township

of northern Kyain Seikgyi Township, Kawkareik District, in the Kayin State of Myanmar. It lies on the left (western) bank of the Haungtharaw (Haungthayaw) River just upstream (south) of where it flows into the Gyaing River.

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The public source identifies “Kanni II, Kyain Seikgyi” as human settlement in Myanmar. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kanni, Kyain and Seikgyi.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 44-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Kanni, Kyain and Seikgyi providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6364055. Authority coordinates are 16.563, 98.018. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Kanni II, Kyain Seikgyi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.