Place:Sittwe, Rakhine, Myanmar

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NameSittwe
Alt namesAkyabsource: Times Atlas of the World (1994) p 9
Saitwaysource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates20.15°N 92.917°E
Located inRakhine, Myanmar
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Sittwe (; ; formerly Akyab) is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Sittwe, pronounced sait-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. As of 2006 the city has 181,000 inhabitants. It is the administrative seat of Sittwe Township and Sittwe District.

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