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Buthidaung
Sign in to saveButhidaung (, ) is a town in Rakhine State, in the westernmost part of Myanmar (Burma). It is the administrative seat of the Buthidaung Township. Buthidaung lies on the west bank of the Mayu river, and experienced severe flooding in June 2010 and July 2011. Buthidaung is 16 miles east from Maungdaw. The two towns are connected by two tunnels through the Mayu mountains that were built in 1918.
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- Locality
- တပ်ရာ (ရခိုင်)
- Region
- ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 55,545
- Timezone
- Asia/Yangon
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.official_name
- Buthidaung
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Myanmar
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Myanmar (Burma)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Buthidaung, Myanmar (Burma) - panoramio - mohigan.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Buthidaung in 2016
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Maungdaw District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Township
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Buthidaung Township
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_codes
- 42, 43
- Settlement.population_total
- 55,545
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Buthidaung (, ) is a town in Rakhine State, in the westernmost part of Myanmar (Burma). It is the administrative seat of the Buthidaung Township. Buthidaung lies on the west bank of the Mayu river, and experienced severe flooding in June 2010 and July 2011. Buthidaung is 16 miles east from Maungdaw. The two towns are connected by two tunnels through the Mayu mountains that were built in 1918.
==Geography== Buthidaung is one of the 16 towns in Rakhine State. Buthidaung is situated about 16 miles from Maungdaw, and similarly to this town has no train station or airport.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Buthidaung” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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