| Native Name: | Burmese: ကျောက်ဖြူမြို့နယ် |
| Official Name: | Kyaukpyu Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Rakhine State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kyaukpyu District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Capital |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kyaukpyu |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | +6:30 |
Kyaukpyu Township (my|ကျောက်ဖြူမြို့နယ်) is a township of Kyaukpyu District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Kyaukpyu.[1]
At Ma Day Island of Kyaukpyu Township, a deep sea port was being built by Aisa World Company by investment of China National Petroleum Corporation.[2] [3]
See main article: Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone. The Kyaukpyu SEZ plan is included an industrial zone, residential housing estates and a deep-water port and to cover about near Sit Taw and Si Maw Village.[4] roadway and railway will linked between SEZ and Yunnan Province of China. But it will be relocated near to Kani Village because of finding an active mud volcano in initially planned area. Nippon Koei, China's CITIC group and Burma's Htoo Trading are expected to investment this project.[5] CPG Consultancy Ltd., a Singaporean company, is appointed as adviser in selection of investment proposals.[6]
It is one of the Burma's largest natural gas projects. A USD 3 billion gas pipeline and onshore tanker terminal project was built by Daewoo, China National Petroleum Corporation and Burma's state-owned Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise. It can pump about 12 billion cubic meters of gas annually to Kunming, Yunnan Province of China. It is planned to pump 22 million tonnes of crude oil annually. The dual oil and gas pipelines run over from Kyaukpyu to Kunming.[7]