Sittwe District () is a

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, in western

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. Its administrative center

Sittwe 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 cit ...

serves as the capital of Rakhine State.

Administrative divisions

Sittwe District consists of the following townships: * Pauktaw Township * Ponnagyun Township * Rathedaung Township * Sittwe Township Sittwe District also formerly contained the following townships, which were split off to become Mrauk-U District: * Kyauktaw Township * Mrauk-U Township * Minbya Township * Myebon Township

Demographics

According to the 2014 census, the district had a population of 537,300 people, of whom 250,712 were men and 286,588 women.

References

Sittwe Districts of Myanmar Rakhine State {{burma-geo-stub