Mrauk-U District ( my, မြောက်ဦးခရိုင်) is a newly created district in

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 ...

, Burma (Myanmar); which was formerly part of

Sittwe District Sittwe District ( my, စစ်တွေခရိုင်) is a district of the Rakhine State in western Myanmar. The capital lies at Sittwe. Administrative divisions Sittwe District consists of the following townships: * Pauktaw Township * Po ...

. Its administrative center is the city of

Mrauk-U Mrauk U ( ) is a town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is the capital of Mrauk-U Township, a subregion of the Mrauk-U District. Mrauk U is of great cultural importance to the local Rakhine (Arakanese) people, and is the location of man ...

. 25 mountains have been officially named in Mrauk-U. Kema Taung is the highest place in this District. Yulin Jung is the most prominent mountain.

Administrative divisions

Mrauk-U District consists of the following townships: *

Kyauktaw Township Kyauktaw Township ( my, ကျောက်တော်မြို့နယ်) is a township of Mrauk-U District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Kyauktaw Kyauktaw ( my, ေက်ာက္ေတာ္ၿမိဳ႕ ) is a ...

Mrauk-U Township Mrauk-U Township ( my, မြောက်ဦးမြို့နယ်) is a township of Mrauk-U District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Mrauk-U Mrauk U ( ) is a town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is the capit ...

Minbya Township Minbya Township ( my, မင်းပြားမြို့နယ်) is a township of Mrauk-U District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Minbya Minbya (Mongbra) ( my, မင်းပြားမြို့, ) is a town in ...

* Myebon Township

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Districts of Myanmar Rakhine State {{Rakhine-geo-stub