Taninthayi Township ( my, (တနင်္သာရီ)တနင်္သာရီမြို့နယ်) is a
township
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
of
Myeik District Myeik District ( my, မြိတ်ခရိုင်) is a district in the Tanintharyi Region of Burma (Myanmar). The district covers an area of 18,121 km2, and had a population of 693,087 at the 2014 Census.
Administrative divisions Townships
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in the
Taninthayi Division
Tanintharyi Region ( my, တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; Mon: or ; ms, Tanah Sari; formerly Tenasserim Division and subsequently Tanintharyi Division, th, ตะนาวศรี, RTGS: ''Tanao Si'', ; ...
of
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
. The principal town is
Taninthayi
Tanintharyi or Taninthayi (widely known during the British occupation and since as Tenasserim) is a small town in Taninthayi Township, Myeik District, in the Tanintharyi Region of south-western Myanmar. It is the administrative seat for the tow ...
.
Demographics
2014
The
2014 Myanmar Census reported that Myeik Township had a population of 106,853.
The
population density
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was 9.4 people per km
2.
The census reported that the median age was 21.9 years, and 105 males per 100 females.
There were 54,349 households; the mean household size was 5.2.
References
Townships of Taninthayi Region
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