Native Name: | Burmese: သံတွဲမြို့နယ် |
Official Name: | Thandwe Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Rakhine State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Thandwe District |
Subdivision Type3: | Capital |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population: | 133,484[1] |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 18.4667°N 94.3833°W |
Elevation Ft: | 18 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | +6:30 |
Thandwe Township (my|သံတွဲမြို့နယ်) is a township of Thandwe District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Thandwe.[2]
Thandwe Township is situated the south of Rakhine State. From east to west, it is 28.33 miles wide and from south to north it is 48 miles wide. The area is 1360.16 square miles or 870,504 acres or 3522,8 square km. There are surrounded by hill and above sea level is 18 feet.
In Thandwe township, there are 5 Chinese men, 12 Pakistani men, 6 Kachin,3 Kayak, 8 Kayin, 3663 Chin, 554 Burmese, 40 Mon, 100,947 Rakhine, 8 Shan and 299 people of other ethnic groups.
There are 100,871 Buddhists, 8,761 Muslims, 3,705 Christians and 5 Hindus.
There are 5 parties.