Kyauktaw

Kyauktaw (Burmese: ေက်ာက္ေတာ္ၿမိဳ႕ [tɕaʊʔtɔ̀ mjo̰]) is a town in the north Rakhine State of westernmost part of Myanmar. The famous Mahamuni Buddha ရခိုင္မဟာမုနိဘုရား Image was situated near Kyauktaw, in the ruins of the old city of Dhanyawadi.

ေက်ာက္ေတာ္သၾကားစက္ Kyauktaw has many sugar mills and sugar-cane plantations.

ကစၧပနဒီတံတား

The Kispanadi Bridge is located at the entrance to Kyauktaw, traversing the Kaladan River ကုလားတန္ျမစ္ ယခင္ကုလားတန္႔ျမစ္.

Location

Kyauktaw is situated at 65 miles (105 km) far from the north of Sittwe, 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 (Kispanadi, a Pali word (Nadi=river)) river.

Violence

Kyauktaw has seen there lived native Rohingyas who is aboriginal from Arakan.there are Rohingya population massacred and tortured by the Burmese who have taken over the land in the 2012 Rakhine State Riots.

Area

The areas of Kyauktaw township is nearly 675.55 square miles (1,749.7 km²). Kyauktaw is bordered by Mrauk U, nearly 27 miles (43 km) far from the east, Buthidaung, nearly 30 miles (48 km) far from the west, Ponnagyun, 45 miles (72 km) far from the South and Pallawa Township of Chin State, nearly 40 miles (64 km) far from the north. It is 19 miles (31 km) long from the east to the west and 35 miles (56 km) from the south to the north.

Rakhine State

Rakhine State (Burmese: ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်; MLCTS: rahkuing pranynai, Rakhine pronunciation [ɹəkʰàiɴ pɹènè]; Burmese pronunciation: [jəkʰàiɴ pjìnɛ̀]; formerly Arakan) is a state in Myanmar. 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 Bengal to the west, and the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh to the northwest. It is located approximately between latitudes 17°30' north and 21°30' north and east longitudes 92°10' east and 94°50' east. The Arakan Mountains, rising to 3,063 metres (10,049 ft) at Victoria Peak, separate Rakhine State from central Burma. Off the coast of Rakhine State there are some fairly large islands such as Cheduba and Myingun Island. Rakhine State has an area of 36,762 square kilometres (14,194 sq mi) and its capital is Sittwe.

Etymology

The term Rakhine is believed to have been derived from the Pali word Rakkhapura (Sanskrit Raksapura), meaning "Land of Ogres" (Rakshas), possibly a pejorative referring to the original Negrito inhabitants. The Pali word "Rakkhapura" ("Rakkhita") means "land of the people of Rakhasa" (also Rakkha, Rakhaing). They were given this name in honour of their preservation of their national heritage and ethics or morality. The word Rakhine means, "one who maintains his own race." In the Rakhine language, the land is called Rakhinepray, the ethnic Rakhine are called Rakhinetha.