Thandwe

Thandwe is a seaport city in Rakhine State, . 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”

Thandwe

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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.
  • 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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