Thandwe
Thandwe is a seaport city in Rakhine State, Western Myanmar. It was government-held until mid-2024 when it fell to the Arakan Army. Only an extremely foolhardy traveller would venture here while fighting continues.
- Town with about 133,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 feet (10 metres)
- …has the IATA airport code SNW
- …was formerly known as “Sandoway”
- Description: human settlement in Myanmar
- Postal code: 07171
- Also known as“額不里海灘”“额不里海滩”
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Latitude
18.4664° or 18° 27′ 59″ north
Longitude
94.3669° or 94° 22′ 1″ east
Open location code
7MCPF988+HP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Ukrainian—“Thandwe” goes by many names.
ဒွါရာဝတီBurmese
သံတွဲBurmese
သံတွဲမြို့Burmese
အာကာပျံဝဲမြို့သံတွဲBurmese
SandowayCatalan
ThandweCatalan
丹兌Chinese
丹兑Chinese
SandowayItalian
ThandweItalian
サンドウェJapanese
탄드웨Korean
ဝေင်ꩻတန်တွဲPa'o Karen
ThandwePolish
သံတွဲမြို့Rakhine
ТхандвеRussian
တၢၼ်ႇတွႆးShan
တၢၼ်ႇတွႆး၊ ဝဵင်းShan
ဝဵင်းတၢၼ်ႇတွႆးShan
ThandweSwedish
ตาน-ดแวThai
ТандуеUkrainian
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