Location: Sittwe
Rakhine State, Myanmar
Country: Myanmar
Division: Rakhine State
District: Sittwe District
Township: Sittwe Township
Population (2014 Census)• Total: 147,899
• Ethnicities: Rakhine, Bamar, Chin, Kaman, Maramagyi, Bengali and others
• Religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam
Time zone: MMT (UTC+6.30)
Area code(s): 42, 43
Climate: Am
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Sittwe (Burmese: စစ်တွေမြို့; MLCTS: cac twe mrui.; Burmese pronunciation: [sɪʔtwè mjo̰]; formerly Akyab) is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Sittwe, pronounced site-tway in the Rakhine language, is located on an estuarial island created at the confluence of the Kaladan, Mayu, and Lay Mro rivers emptying into the Bay of Bengal. The city has 181,000 inhabitants (2006). It is the administrative seat of Sittwe Township and Sittwe District.
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