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 133,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 16 feet (5 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
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Ukrainian—“Thandwe” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဒွါရာဝတီ”
- Burmese: “သံတွဲ”
- Burmese: “သံတွဲမြို့”
- Burmese: “အာကာပျံဝဲမြို့သံတွဲ”
- Catalan: “Sandoway”
- Catalan: “Thandwe”
- Chinese: “丹兌”
- Chinese: “丹兑”
- Chinese: “额不里”
- Czech: “Sandoway”
- Czech: “Thandwe”
- Dutch: “Thandwe”
- French: “Sandoway”
- French: “Thandwe”
- German: “Thandwe”
- Irish: “Thandwe”
- Italian: “Sandoway”
- Italian: “Thandwe”
- Japanese: “サンドウェ”
- Korean: “탄드웨”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻတန်တွဲ”
- Polish: “Thandwe”
- Rakhine: “သံတွဲမြို့”
- Russian: “Тхандве”
- Shan: “တၢၼ်ႇတွႆး၊ ဝဵင်း”
- Shan: “တၢၼ်ႇတွႆး”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းတၢၼ်ႇတွႆး”
- Spanish: “Thandwe”
- Swedish: “Thandwe”
- Thai: “ตาน-ดแว”
- Ukrainian: “Тандуе”
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