Sittwe
Sign in to saveSittwe (, ), formerly Akyab (), is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Sittwe is located on an estuarial island created at the confluence of the Kaladan, Mayu, and Lay Mro rivers emptying into the Bay of Bengal. As of 2019 the city has an estimated population of over 120,000 inhabitants. It is the administrative seat of Sittwe Township and Sittwe District.
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Place details
- Locality
- စစ်တွေမြို့
- Region
- ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 177,743
- Timezone
- Asia/Yangon
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Key facts
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- Capital Town
- Settlement.official_name
- Sittwe
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- bottom
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- Location in Myanmar
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- Sittwe, Burma.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Sittwe main street
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sittwe District
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- Township
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Located in
- Sittwe Township
- Population
- +100748
- Elevation
- +5
- Time zone
- UTC+06:30
- Capital of
- Rakhine State
- Image
- Sittwe, Burma.JPG
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Sittwe (, ), formerly Akyab (), is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Sittwe is located on an estuarial island created at the confluence of the Kaladan, Mayu, and Lay Mro rivers emptying into the Bay of Bengal. As of 2019 the city has an estimated population of over 120,000 inhabitants. It is the administrative seat of Sittwe Township and Sittwe District.
==Names== The name Sittwe () is derived from the Burmese pronunciation of Arakanese , meaning "the place where the war meets". When the Burmese king Bodawpaya invaded the Mrauk U Kingdom in 1784, the Rakhine defenders encountered the Burmese force at the mouth of Kaladan river. In the ensuing battle, which was waged on both land and water, the Mrauk U forces were defeated. The place where the battle occurred came to be called Saittwe by the Rakhine and then as Sittwe by the Burmese. The name was initially anglicized as Tset-twe and Site-tway.