Gwa Twon
Gwa is a town located at the southern tip of Myanmar's Rakhine State. It is the principal town of Gwa Township. In the 2014 census, the town and surrounding rural areas had a population of 66,015, of which only 7,422 are urban.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 66,000 residents
- Description: town in southern Rakhine State, Myanmar
- Also known as: “Gwa”, “Gwa, Myanmar”, “Khwa”, and “Kwa”
- Postal code: 07181
Gwa Twon
- Categories: human settlement, town in Myanmar, and locality
- Location: Gwa Township, Thandwe District, Rakhine State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
17.5958° or 17° 35′ 45″ northLongitude
94.5802° or 94° 34′ 49″ eastPopulation
66,000Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)IATA airport code
GWAUnited Nations Location Code
MM GWAOpen location code
7M9PHHWJ+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 648522369OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1325814Wikidata ID
Q5623221
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Ukrainian—“Gwa Twon” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဂွ”
- Burmese: “ဂွမြို့”
- Chinese: “古亚”
- Dutch: “Gwa, Burma”
- Irish: “Gwa”
- Japanese: “グワ (ミャンマー)”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻဂွ”
- Rakhine: “ဂွမြို့”
- Shan: “ၵႂႃႉ၊ ဝဵင်း”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းၵႂႃႉ”
- Ukrainian: “Ґуа”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include To Mrauk u Bus station and Gwa Fire Station.
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