Kyauktaw ( my, ေက်ာက္ေတာ္ၿမိဳ႕ ) is a town in northern

Rakhine State Rakhine State (; , , ; formerly known as Arakan State) is a state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State to the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady Region to the east, the Bay of Ben ...

, in the westernmost part of

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. The famous Mahamuni Buddha image was originally situated near Kyauktaw, in the ruins of the old city of

Dhanyawadi Kingdom of Dhanyawaddy ( my, ဓညဝတီ; pi, Dhaññavatī) was the capital of the first Arakanese Kingdom, located in what is now Northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. The name is a corruption of the Pali word ''Dhannavati'', which means "large ...

Location

Kyauktaw is situated from the north of

Sittwe Sittwe (; ; formerly Akyab) is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Sittwe, pronounced ''sait-tway'' in the Rakhine language, is located on an estuarial island created at the confluence of the Kaladan, Mayu, and Lay Mro rivers empt ...

, the capital city of Rakhine State. It is located approximately between latitudes 20° 37' north and 21° 11' north and longitudes 92° 50' east and 93° 88' east from the north of

Kaladan River The Kaladan River ( my, ကုလားတန်မြစ်, ; also Kysapnadi, Beino, Bawinu and Kolodyne) is a river in eastern Mizoram State of India, and in Chin State and Rakhine State of western Myanmar. The Kaladan River is called the ...

. The Kispanadi Bridge is located at the entrance to Kyauktaw, traversing the Kaladan River.

Area

The area of Kyauktaw Township is nearly . Kyauktaw is bordered by Mrauk U, around from the east, Buthidaung, around from the west, Ponnagyun, from the south and Pallawa Township of Chin State, around from the north. It stretches from east to west and from north to south.

Rivers

(Kispanadi) () # Pi Chung () # Priang Chung () # Thari Chung () # Pigauk Chung () # Yoo Chung () # Minne Chung () # Ywar Ma Pyin ()

Climate

Kyauktaw has three seasons; the monsoon or rainy season is from May to October; the cool season or winter from November to February and the hot season or summer from March to May. The average temperature range during the summer is from 32 to 40 °C. The average rainfall range during the rainy season is from 431 to 482 centimeters. There was a flood in July 2011.mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/5650-seven-townships-in-arakan-state-flooded-by-record-heavy-rain.html

Economy

Kyauktaw has many sugar mills and sugar-cane plantations.

Religious buildings

# Buddhist monasteries ## Downtown (5) ## Uptown (201) # Mosques ## Downtown (3) ## Uptown (102) # Churches ## Downtown (3) ## Uptown (5) # Hindu temple ## Downtown (1)

References

External links

Satellite map at Maplandia.com
{{Rakhine State Township capitals of Myanmar Populated places in Rakhine State Kaladan River