Sittwe

Sittwe or Akyab is a city and district in Rakhine State, . It is off limits due to the Myanmar Civil War.
  • City with about 101,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 feet (10 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code AKY
  • …was formerly known as “Akyab”
  • Description: city in Myanmar

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Latitude
20.1392° or 20° 8′ 21″ north
Longitude
92.8971° or 92° 53′ 50″ east
UN/LOCODE
MM AKY
Open location code
7MGJ4VQW+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Waray—“Sittwe” goes by many names.
ሲትዌAmharic
سيتويArabic
SittweAsturian
SittweAzerbaijani
SittweBasque
СітуэBelarusian
আকিয়াবBengali
সিতওয়েBengali
সিত্তওয়েBengali
SittweBurmese
စစ်တွေမြို့Burmese
AkyabCatalan
SittweCatalan
SittweCebuano
实兑Chinese
實兌Chinese
石兌Chinese
阿恰布Chinese
AkjabCzech
SittweCzech
AkyabDanish
SittweDanish
AkyabDutch
SittweDutch
سيتوىEgyptian Arabic
AkjabEsperanto
SitŭeEsperanto
AkyabFinnish
SittweFinnish
აკიაბიGeorgian
სიტუეGeorgian
ΑκυάμπGreek
ΣίτουεGreek
સીટવેGujarati
SittweHausa
סיטווהHebrew
सितवेHindi
SittweIndonesian
SittweIrish
AkyabItalian
SittweItalian
シットウェJapanese
SittweJavanese
ಸಿಟ್ಟ್ವೆKannada
SittweKazakh
SittweKirghiz
시트웨Korean
아키아브Korean
SitveLatvian
AkjabasLithuanian
SitvėLithuanian
SittweMalay
അക്യാബ്Malayalam
सीटवेMarathi
AkyabNorwegian
SittweNorwegian
AkyabNorwegian Bokmål
SittweNorwegian Bokmål
SittweOromo
ဝေင်ꩻသိစ်တွေPa'o Karen
ਸਿੱਤਵੇPanjabi
سیتوهPersian
AkyabPolish
SittwePolish
سيتويPushto
စစ်တွေမြို့Rakhine
АкьябRussian
СиттуэйRussian
СитуэRussian
ၸိတ်ႉတူၺ်ႇShan
ၸိတ်ႉတူၺ်ႇ၊ ဝဵင်းShan
ဝဵင်းၸိတ်ႉတူၺ်ႇShan
සිට්වේSinhala
AkjabSlovenian
SittweSomali
SittweSwahili
AkjabSwedish
AkyabSwedish
SaitwaySwedish
SittweSwedish
Tsit-htweSwedish
SittviTajik
சிட்டவேTamil
சிட்விTamil
SittweTatar
సిట్వేTelugu
ซิตตเวThai
ซิตเวThai
อัคยับThai
SittweTurkish
СітуеUkrainian
СітуэUkrainian
اكيابUrdu
ویتویUrdu
SittweUzbek
SittweVenetian
SittweVietnamese
SittweWaray (Philippines)

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