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Kyaukpyu District
Kyaukpyu District ( my, ကျောက်ဖြူခရိုင်) is a district of the Rakhine State in western Myanmar. The capital lies at Kyaukphyu. Etymology The name Kyaukpyu (lit. "white rock") is the Burmese pronunciation. In the local Rangbre pronunciation of the natives of Kyaukpyu and in standard Arakanese, the district's name is pronounced "Kyaukpru". Geography Kyaukpyu is a district in the Arakan division of Lower Burma, on the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal. It consists of, first, a strip of mainland along the Bay of Bengal, extending from the An pass, across the main range, to the Ma-ī River, and, secondly, the large islands of Ramree and Cheduba, with many others to the south, lying off the coast of Sandoway. The mainland in the north and east is highly mountainous and forest-clad, and the lower portion is cut up into numerous islands by a network of tidal creeks. Between the mainland and Ramree lies a group of islands separated by deep, narrow, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
District
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian language, Persian ps, ولسوالۍ ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. Cadastral divisions of New South Wales, New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century. Austria In Austria, the word is used with different meanings in three different contexts: * Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arakan Mountains
The Arakan Mountains ( my, ရခိုင်ရိုးမ), also known as the Rakhine Yoma, are a mountain range in western Myanmar, between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Myanmar Basin, in which flows the Irrawaddy River. It is the most prominent of a series of parallel ridges that arc through Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Myanmar. The Arakan Mountains run from Cape Negrais in the south in to Manipur, India in the north. They include the Naga Hills, the Chin Hills, and the Patkai range which includes the Lushai Hills. The mountain chain is submerged in the Bay of Bengal for a long stretch and emerges again in the form of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Etymology The word ''Arakan'' is derived from the Sanskrit word ''Rakshasa'' (राक्षस), a term used to refer to the inhabitants of the region. Geology and formation The Arakan Mountains and the parallel arcs to the west and east were formed by compression as the Indian Plate collided with the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Township
Ann Township ( my, အမ်းမြို့နယ်) is a township of Kyaukpyu District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Ann. Founded in 1333 AD in King Min Hti. "Ann Creek" Hydropower Project is being implemented by the Ministry of Electric Power No. 1 on Ann Creek, 3.5 miles northeast to Ann. The project can generate 44 million kilowatt hours yearly when it is finished. Hla Maung Tin, an elected Rakhine State Hluttaw Member of Ann Township representing Union Solidarity and Development Party The Union Solidarity and Development Party ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုကြံ့ခိုင်ရေးနှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးပါတီ; abbr. USDP) is a political party in Myanmar, registered on ... in 2010 election, served as the 1st Rakhine State Chief Minister from 2011 to June 2014. References External links "Ann Township - Rakhine State"map ID: MIMU154v01, creation date: 16 August 2010, Myanmar Informat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramree Township
Ramree Township ( my, ရမ်းဗြဲမြို့နယ်) is a township of Kyaukpyu District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Ramree. The local pronunciation of Ramree is Yangbye Myo.http://www.themimu.info/docs/MIMU555v01_100813_Kyaukpyu_Ramree%20Ts-Rakhine%20State_A1.pdf Map of Kyaukpyu and Ramree Township The place has been labeled campaign of the Second World War during the Japanese occupation of Burma in the 1940s. The island has over 300 villages and the principal town is Yanbye (Ramree). The island's streams empty into the Bay of Bengal The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line betwee .... References Townships of Rakhine State {{Rakhine-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manaung Township
Manaung ( my, မာန်အောင်မြို့နယ်) is a township of Kyaukpyu District in the Rakhine State of Western Myanmar. The principal town is Manaung Manaung ( my, မာန်အောင်မြို့) is a town in Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma) on Cheduba Island. It lies on the left bank of a river in the north-east of the island. The town is served by Manaung Airport. Climate Referen .... Manaung Township, situated on Manaung Island, consists of three islands: Manaung Island, Ye Kyun Island and Taik Kyun Island. Manaung is not only a township of Kyaukpyu District but also the second biggest island of Rakhine State in Myanmar. The Bay of Bengal is located to the West and Northwest, Ramree Island in the Northeast, Ye Kyun Island in the South and Taungup in the East. Manaung Island, about 55 miles in circumference, is situated at 18'47 (898'N) and 93'98 (472'E) on the Rakhine Coast of Myanmar. The highest mountain is 972 feet (296 m) high and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyaukpyu Township
Kyaukpyu Township ( my, ကျောက်ဖြူမြို့နယ်) is a township of Kyaukpyu District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Kyaukpyu. At Ma Day Island of Kyaukpyu Township, a deep sea port was being built by Aisa World Company by investment of China National Petroleum Corporation. Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone The Kyaukpyu SEZ plan is included an industrial zone, residential housing estates and a deep-water port and to cover about near Sit Taw and Si Maw Village. roadway and railway will linked between SEZ and Yunnan Province of China. But it will be relocated near to Kani Village because of finding an active mud volcano in initially planned area. Nippon Koei, China's CITIC group and Burma's Htoo Trading are expected to investment this project. CPG Consultancy Ltd., a Singaporean company, is appointed as adviser in selection of investment proposals. Shwe Gas Project It is one of the Burma's largest natural gas projects. A USD 3 bil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Townships Of Myanmar
Townships ( my, မြို့နယ်, Mrui.nay; ) are the third-level administrative divisions of Myanmar. They are the sub-divisions of the Districts of Myanmar. According to the Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), as of December 2015, there are 330 townships in Myanmar."Myanmar States/Divisions & Townships Overview Map" Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) Townships are the basic administrative unit of local governance and are the only type of administrative division that covers the entirety of Myanmar. A Township is administered by a Township Administrator, a civil servant appointed through the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheduba Island
Cheduba Island ( my, မာန်အောင်ကျွန်း; also known as Manaung Island) is an island in the Bay of Bengal close to Ramree Island and belongs to Myanmar, formerly Burma. It has a maximum length of , with an area of approximately Cheduba had a population of 63,761 as of 1983, composed chiefly of Burmese and Arakanese peoples. The main economic activities on the island are farming and cattle raising. Geography Cheduba Island lies about from the southwestern coast of Ramree Island. It is located between 18° 40′ and 18° 56′ N. lat., and between 93° 31′ and 93° 50′ E. long. The terrain of the island is quite flat with scattered moderate elevations. The highest point is on a ridge in the southwestern part of the island. There are 5 villages connected by a road that circles the island: Owa, Thitpon, Manaung, Budaunggwe, Sachet and Meinmangwe. There is an airfield west of Manaung, the main village of Cheduba, located on the northeast coast. Manau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between Sangaman Kanda, Sri Lanka, and the north westernmost point of Sumatra, Indonesia. It is the largest water region called a bay in the world. There are countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal in South Asia and Southeast Asia. During the existence of British India, it was named as the Bay of Bengal after the historic Bengal region. At the time, the Port of Kolkata served as the gateway to the Crown rule in India. Cox's Bazar, the longest sea beach in the world and Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest and the natural habitat of the Bengal tiger, are located along the bay. The Bay of Bengal occupies an area of . A number of large rivers flow into the Bay of Bengal: the Ganges– Hooghly, the Padma, the Brahmaputra–Yamuna, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rakhine State
Rakhine State (; , , ; formerly known as Arakan State) is a state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State to the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady Region to the east, the Bay of Bengal to the west and the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh to the northwest. It is located approximately between latitudes 17°30' north and 21°30' north and longitudes 92°10' east and 94°50' east. The Arakan Mountains or Rakhine Yoma separated Rakhine State from central Burma from North to South. Off the coast of Rakhine State there are some fairly large islands such as Ramree, Cheduba and Myingun. Rakhine State has an area of and its capital is Sittwe. Etymology The term ''Rakhine'' is believed to have been derived from the Pali word ''Rakkhapura'' (Sanskrit Raksapura), meaning "Land of Ogres" ( Rakshas), possibly a pejorative referring to the original Australoid inhabitants. The Pali word "Rakkhapura" ("Rakkhita") means "land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burmese Dialects
Burmese ( my, မြန်မာဘာသာ, MLCTS: ''mranmabhasa'', IPA: ) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar (also known as Burma), where it is an official language, lingua franca, and the native language of the Burmans, the country's principal ethnic group. Burmese is also spoken by the indigenous tribes in Chittagong Hill Tracts (Rangamati, Bandarban, Khagrachari, Cox's Bazar) in Bangladesh, Tripura state in Northeast India. Although the Constitution of Myanmar officially recognizes the English name of the language as the Myanmar language, most English speakers continue to refer to the language as ''Burmese'', after Burma, the country's once previous and currently co-official name. Burmese is the common lingua franca in Myanmar, as the most widely-spoken language in the country. In 2007, it was spoken as a first language by 33 million, primarily the Burman people and related ethnic groups, and as a second language by 10 million, particularly ethnic minorities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangbye Language
Ramree ( my, ရမ်းဗြဲဘာသာစကား, , also spelt Yanbye or Ranbre) is the main dialect of the Rakhine language spoken in southern Rakhine State of Burma (Myanmar), especially in the areas surrounding Ramree Island, the Awagyun Island and southern coastal regions in Bangladesh. Ramree language is also widely spoken along the western coastline of Irrawaddy Division. References See also *Burmese language *Burmese dialects Burmese ( my, မြန်မာဘာသာ, MLCTS: ''mranmabhasa'', IPA: ) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar (also known as Burma), where it is an official language, lingua franca, and the native language of the Burmans, the countr ... {{Burmese language Languages of Myanmar Burmese language Tonal languages Isolating languages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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