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SITTWE DISTRICT Latitude and Longitude:

20°30′N 93°20′E / 20.500°N 93.333°E / 20.500; 93.333
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Sittwe District
Location in Rakhine State
Location in Rakhine State
Country  Myanmar
State Rakhine State
Capital Sittwe
Townships4
Population
 (2014) [1]
 • Total537,300
Time zone UTC+6.30 ( MST)

Sittwe District ( Burmese: စစ်တွေခရိုင်) is a district of Rakhine State, western Myanmar. Its administrative center is Sittwe.

Administrative divisions

Sittwe District consists of the following townships: [1]

Sittwe District also formerly contained the following townships, which were split off to become Mrauk-U District:[ citation needed]

Demographics

According to the 2014 census, the district had a population of 537,300 people, of whom 250,712 were men and 286,588 were women. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Provisional Results Census 26 August 2014 FINAL" (PDF). ပြည်သူ့အင်အားဦးစီးဌာန. 26 August 2014. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2015.

20°30′N 93°20′E / 20.500°N 93.333°E / 20.500; 93.333