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Buthidaung

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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.

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Place details

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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Encyclopedic overview

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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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