Myeik District () is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

in the

Tanintharyi Region Tanintharyi Region (, ; Mon: or ; formerly Tenasserim Division and Tanintharyi Division) is a region of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the northern Malay Peninsula, reaching to the Kra Isthmus. It borders ...

of Burma (Myanmar).Myanmar: Tanintharyi, Bokpyin and Kyunsu Township - Tanintharyi Region (as of 12 July 2011)
/ref> The district covers an area of 18,121 km², and had a population of 693,087 at the 2014 Census. Myeik district in Tanintharyi region

Administrative divisions

Townships

The district contains the following

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

s: * Myeik Township (population 284,489; area 1,217 km²) * Kyunsu Township (population 171,753; area 3,137 km²) *

Palaw Township Palaw Township () is a township of Myeik District in the Taninthayi Region of Burma (Myanmar). The principal town and administrative seat is Palaw Palaw (, ) is a town in the Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Pal ...

(population 129,992; area 2,404 km²) * Taninthayi Township (population 106,853; area 11,363 km²)

Subtownships

* Palauk Subtownship

References

Districts of Myanmar Tanintharyi Region {{burma-geo-stub