Maungdaw District

Maungdaw District (Burmese: မောင်တောခရိုင်) is a district of Rakhine State in western Myanmar (Burma). Its capital city is Maungdaw and the population density is about 295 persons per square kilometer, in this district 95% population is the Rohingya Thayinthar also this is one of the districts where most Muslim are living in Myanmar [Burma] .The Rohingya people are being persecuted and also genocide by their government to his own people who has been living there more than 2000 years before, nearly 15% population is Rakhine Thayinthar .[1] Along with parts of neighbouring Sittwe District, Maungdaw District is also informally referred to as northern Rakhine State.[2]

Maungdaw District

မောင်တောခရိုင်
District
Map of Rakhine State with Maungdaw District highlighted in red.
Coordinates: 21°00′N 92°23′E
Country Myanmar
DivisionRakhine State
CapitalMaungdaw
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MMT)

Townships

The district contains the following townships:

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-21. Retrieved 2011-07-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Myanmar, Northern Rakhine State". UNHCR. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Retrieved 29 June 2018.


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