Maungdaw
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Maungdaw (, ) is a town in Rakhine State, in the western part of Myanmar (Burma). It is the administrative seat of Maungdaw Township and Maungdaw District. Bordering Bangladesh, Maungdaw is home to one of 2 official border trade posts with Bangladesh. This post is called Maungdaw Port.
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Place details
- Locality
- မောင်တော
- Region
- ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.official_name
- Maungdaw
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Myanmar
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Myanmar (Burma)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Maungdaw, Myanmar (Burma) - panoramio (33).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A street in Maungdaw
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Maungdaw District
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Township
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Maungdaw Township
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Control
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Arakan Army
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_sq_mi
- 582.92
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2008
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Located in
- Maungdaw Township
- Area
- 582.92
- Elevation
- 10
- Time zone
- UTC+06:30
- Image
- Maungdaw, Myanmar (Burma) - panoramio (33).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Notable places
- Notable people
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Maungdaw (, ) is a town in Rakhine State, in the western part of Myanmar (Burma). It is the administrative seat of Maungdaw Township and Maungdaw District. Bordering Bangladesh, Maungdaw is home to one of 2 official border trade posts with Bangladesh. This post is called Maungdaw Port.
Maungdaw is west of Buthidaung. The two towns are separated by the Mayu Mountains and are connected by two tunnels built in 1918. The district around Maungdaw is home to a large Rohingya population.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maungdaw” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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