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Township in Rakhine State, Burma
Thandwe Township သံတွဲမြို့နယ်
Township
Location in Thandwe districtLocation in Thandwe district
Coordinates: 18°28′0″N 94°23′00″E / 18.46667°N 94.38333°E / 18.46667; 94.38333
Country Burma
StateRakhine State
DistrictThandwe District
Elevation5 m (18 ft)
Population133,484
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MST)

Thandwe Township (Burmese: သံတွဲမြို့နယ်) is a township of Thandwe District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Thandwe.

Location

No Township name North latitude East longitude Elevation (ft)
1 Thandwe Township 18 28′ 00″ 18 27′ 50″ 94 23′ 00″ 94 22′ 45″ 18

Geography

Thandwe Township is situated the south of Rakhine State. From east to west, it is 28.33 miles wide and from south to north it is 48 miles wide. The area is 1360.16 square miles or 870,504 acres or 3522,8 square km. There are surrounded by hill and above sea level is 18 feet.

No Name of township Town area (square miles) Country area (square miles) Total area (square miles)
1 Thandwe Township 1.373 (1,805 acres) 1,358.787 (868,699 acres) 1,360.16 (870,504 acres)

Population

No Name of township Male (above 18) Female (above 18) Total (above 18) Male (under 18) Female (under 18) Total (under 18) Total males Total females Total
1 Thandwe 39378 43215 82593 15645 15104 30749 55023 58319 113342

Family

No Name of township Families in town Families in village Total
1 Thandwe 2,401 23,075 25,476

House

No Name Houses in town Houses in village Total
1 Thandwe 2,598 23,544 26,142

Organization

No District Township No of Town No of Quarter No of village groups No of village
1 Thandwe Thandwe 1 7 63 252

Race

In Thandwe township, there are 5 Chinese men, 12 Pakistani men, 6 Kachin ,3 Kayak, 8 Kayin, 3663 Chin, 554 Burmese, 40 Mon, 100,947 Rakhine, 8 Shan and 299 people of other ethnic groups.

Religious

There are 100,871 Buddhists, 8,761 Muslims, 3,705 Christians and 5 Hindus.

Political party

There are 5 parties.

References

  1. Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 2. Naypyitaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 60.
  2. http://www.themimu.info/docs/MIMU154v01_100816_Thandwe%20Ts-Rakhine%20State_A1.pdf Map of Thandwe Township
Rakhine State
Capital: Sittwe
Kyaukpyu District
Maungdaw District
Sittwe District
Thandwe District
Mrauk-U District
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