Mrauk U

Mrauk U is a town in northern , . It is the capital of , a subregion of the Mrauk-U District. Mrauk U is culturally significant for the local Rakhine people and is the location of many important archeological sites.
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  • Type: Town with 36,100 residents
  • Description: archaeologically and culturally important town in Rakhine State, Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Mrauk-oo”, “Mro-haung”, “Myo-haung”, “Myohaung”, “Myonaung”, “Мраук У”, “Мраук-У”, “မြို့ဟောင်းမြို့”, “ဝဵင်းၵဝ်ႇ”, “謬杭”, and “谬杭”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Shit-thaung Temple and Htukkanthein Temple.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Jmhullot, CC BY 3.0.
The Shaitthaung Temple, also spelled Shitthaung according to Standard Burmese pronunciation, is a in Mrauk U. The name means 'Temple of 80,000 Buddha Images', and is also known as the 'Temple of Victory'.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Jmhullot, CC BY 3.0.
Htukkanthein is one of the most famous Buddhist temples in the ancient Arakanese city of Mrauk U, in , Western Myanmar. The name means "Cross-Beam Ordination Hall".

Buddhist temple
Photo: Jmhullot, CC BY 3.0.
is a in Mrauk U located at the northeast corner of the . The name means 'Tooth Shrine'. It contains a tooth relic of the Buddha brought over from .

Mrauk U

Latitude
20.5901° or 20° 35′ 25″ north
Longitude
93.1916° or 93° 11′ 30″ east
Population
36,100
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
7MGMH5RR+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1984104811
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1307658
Wiki­data ID
Q1951490
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Mrauk U” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Mrauk U”
  • Bengali: “ম্রাউক ইউ”
  • Bengali: “ম্রাউক উ”
  • Burmese: “မြောက်‌ဦးမြို့”
  • Burmese: “မြောက်ဦးမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Mrohaung”
  • Chinese: “妙乌”
  • Chinese: “妙烏”
  • Dutch: “Mrauk U”
  • French: “Mrauk U”
  • German: “Mrauk U”
  • Indonesian: “Mrauk U”
  • Italian: “Mrauk U”
  • Japanese: “ミャウウー”
  • Japanese: “ムラウク・ユー”
  • Khmer: “ម្យោកអ៊ូ”
  • Khmer: “ម្រោកអ៊ូ”
  • Korean: “므락우”
  • Malayalam: “മ്രൗക്-യു”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻမျောက်ဦး”
  • Persian: “مراوئو”
  • Polish: “Myauk U”
  • Portuguese: “Mrauk-U”
  • Rakhine: “မြောက်ဦးမြို့”
  • Russian: “Мрау-У”
  • Russian: “Мьяу-У”
  • Scots: “Mrauk U”
  • Shan: “မျွၵ်ႉဢူး”
  • Shan: “ဝဵင်းမျွၵ်ႉဢူး”
  • Spanish: “Mrauk U”
  • Swedish: “Mrauk U”
  • Tamil: “மராக் யு”
  • Thai: “มเยาะอู้”
  • Urdu: “مراوک یو”

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