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Mrauk-U District
Mrauk-U District () is a district of Rakhine State, Myanmar. Its administrative center is the city of Mrauk-U. History Mrauk-U District was created when it was split off from Sittwe District. On December 28, 2023, during the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), the Brotherhood Alliance claimed they had seized the district's police station from the military junta. Junta forces reportedly responded with air and artillery strikes to defend the police station and the junta’s Thu Taw Ma military base. Geography Twenty-five mountains have been officially named in Mrauk-U. Kema Taung is the highest place in this district. Yulin Jung is the most prominent mountain. Administrative divisions Mrauk-U District is administratively divided into four townships of Myanmar, townships: * Kyauktaw Township * Mrauk-U Township * Minbya Township * Myebon Township Economy and development According to a 2016 report by ReliefWeb, all villages in Mrauk-U District suffer from "widespread underdevelop ...
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Districts Of Myanmar
Districts (; ) are the second-level administrative divisions of Myanmar. They are the subdivisions of the administrative divisions of Myanmar, regions and states of Myanmar. Districts are in turn are subdivided into Townships of Myanmar, townships, then towns, wards and villages. Prior to 2022, there were 76 districts in Myanmar. The number of districts was expanded to a total of 121 on 30 April 2022 through Notification 319/2022 through 333/2022 under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Myanmar), Ministry of Home Affairs with the most new districts going to Shan State and Yangon Region. The district's role is more supervisory as the townships of Myanmar, townships are the basic administrative unit of local governance. A district is led by a district administrator, a civil servant appointed through the General Administration Department, General Administration Department (GAD) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Myanmar), Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA). The minister of ho ...
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Brotherhood Alliance
The Three Brotherhood Alliance (); ( zh, 三兄弟联盟), also known as Brotherhood Alliance, is an alliance between the Arakan Army, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army formed in June 2019. The group rose to prominence in 2023 in resisting the Burmese junta in the wake of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. The three armed groups were silent about the coup initially but released a statement reaffirming the alliance's existence in March 2021. During the Myanmar civil war, the group fought mainly in Rakhine State and northern Shan State. On October 27, 2023, the alliance launched Operation 1027, an offensive against the junta in northern Shan state. Background In 2016, following increased tensions between the Rohingya people of Rakhine State in western Myanmar and Buddhist extremists allied with the Myanmar military, the Burmese government began a genocidal campaign to expel Rohingya civilians from Rakhine state. The tensions hit ...
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Hindus
Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. It is assumed that the term ''"Hindu"'' traces back to Avestan scripture Vendidad which refers to land of seven rivers as Hapta Hendu which itself is a cognate to Sanskrit term ''Sapta Sindhuḥ''. (The term ''Sapta Sindhuḥ'' is mentioned in Rig Veda and refers to a North western Indian region of seven rivers and to India as a whole.) The Greek cognates of the same terms are "''Indus''" (for the river) and "''India''" (for the land of the river). Likewise the Hebrew cognate ''hōd-dū'' refers to India mentioned in Hebrew BibleEsther 1:1. The term "''Hindu''" also implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for ...
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Muslims
Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God in Abrahamic religions, God of Abraham (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the last Islamic prophet. Alongside the Quran, Muslims also believe in previous Islamic holy books, revelations, such as the Tawrat (Torah), the Zabur (Psalms), and the Injeel (Gospel). These earlier revelations are associated with Judaism and Christianity, which are regarded by Muslims as earlier versions of Islam. The majority of Muslims also follow the teachings and practices attributed to Muhammad (''sunnah'') as recorded in traditional accounts (hadith). With an estimated population of almost 2 billion followers, Muslims comprise around 26% of the world's total population. In descending order, the percentage of people who identify as Muslims on each ...
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ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb (RW) is a humanitarian information portal founded in 1996. , it hosts more than one million humanitarian situation reports, press releases, evaluations, guidelines, assessments, maps and infographics. The portal is an independent source of information, designed specifically to assist the international humanitarian community in effective delivery of emergency assistance or ''relief''. It provides information as humanitarian crises unfold, while emphasizing the coverage of "forgotten emergencies" at the same time. Origin and development ReliefWeb was founded in October 1996 and is administered by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The project began under the US Department of State, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, which had noticed during the Rwanda crisis how poorly critical operational information was shared between NGOs, UN Agencies and Governments. In 1995, the Department's Senior Policy Adviser on Disaster ...
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Myebon Township
Myebon Township () is a township of Mrauk-U District in the Rakhine State of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town is Myebon. In late October 2010, much of the township was devastated by Cyclone Giri Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Giri () ( IMD designation: BOB 04, JTWC designation 04B, also known as Cyclone Giri) was a powerful tropical cyclone in terms of 1-minute sustained wind speed which caused catastrophic damage in parts of Myanmar in .... Some villages of the township were destroyed by the storm and thousands of people were left homeless."United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Myanmar Cyclonic Storm GIRI Situation Report #7, 10 Nov ...
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Minbya Township
Minbya Township () is a township of Mrauk-U District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The township's principal town Minbya is located along the Lemro River, in the westernmost part of Myanmar. During the civil war in Myanmar, Minbya experienced heavy clashes between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army The Arakan Army (; Abbreviation, abbreviated AA), sometimes referred to as the Arakha Army is an Ethnic nationalism, ethnic-List of insurgent groups in Myanmar, armed organisation based in Rakhine State (Arakan). Founded in April 2009, the Ara .... The township came under almost full control of the Arakan Army on 6 February 2024. However, the Number 9 Central Military Training School remained a bastion of junta resistance until 26 February 2024 upon its capture. References Townships of Rakhine State {{Rakhine-geo-stub ...
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Mrauk-U Township
Mrauk-U Township () is a township of Mrauk-U District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Mrauk-U Mrauk U ( ) is a town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is the capital of Mrauk-U Township, a subregion of the Mrauk-U District. Mrauk U is culturally significant for the local Rakhine (Arakanese) people and is the location of many impo ..., which contains the township's 7 urban wards. The township additionally is divided into 96 village tracts, grouping a total of 248 villages. References Townships of Rakhine State {{Rakhine-geo-stub ...
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Kyauktaw Township
Kyauktaw Township () is a Townships of Myanmar, township of Mrauk-U District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The town of Kyauktaw is the administrative center of the township. History In February 2024, the Arakan Army (AA) took full control of Kyauktaw township. They took control of the Military Operations Command No. 9 (MOC-9) headquarters in Kyauktaw town. References External linksMap of the township
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Townships Of Myanmar
Townships (; ) are the third-level Administrative divisions of Myanmar, 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"
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Townships are the basic administrative unit of local governance and are the only type of administrative division that cover all of Myanmar. A township is administered by a township administrator, a civil servant appointed through the General Administration Department, General Administration Department (GAD) of the Ministry of Home Affairs ...
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Kema Taung
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