Thandwe District

Thandwe District is a district of in western . The capital is . As of 2015 it had a population of 357,840. The local population is diverse and deeply connected with that of Rakhine State.
  • District of Myanmar
  • …lies at an elevation of 961 feet (293 metres)
  • …was formerly known as “Sandoway District”
  • Description: District of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma)
  • Also known as
    “Arakan District”
    “Thandway District”

Thandwe District

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Latitude
18.5128° or 18° 30′ 46″ north
Longitude
94.5198° or 94° 31′ 11″ east
Open location code
7MCPGG79+4W
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Assamese to Swedish—“Thandwe District” goes by many names.
  • Assamese: “থাণ্ডৱে জিলা”
  • Burmese: “သံတွဲခရိုင်”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Sandoway”
  • Catalan: “districte de Thandwe”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Thandwe”
  • Chinese: “丹兌縣”
  • Chinese: “丹兑县”
  • French: “district de Thandwe”
  • French: “District de Thandwe”
  • German: “Thandwe District”
  • Ido: “Distrikto Thandwe”
  • Japanese: “サンドウェ県”
  • Rakhine: “သံတွဲခရိုင်”
  • Shan: “ၸႄႈတွၼ်ႈတၢၼ်ႇတွႆး”
  • Shan: “တၢၼ်ႇတွႆး၊ ၸႄႈတွၼ်ႈ”
  • Swedish: “Thandwe District”
  • “Thandwe”

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