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Under British occupation, the town grew into an important maritime base, particularly for the export of the area's rice. Despite its bad reputation for disease, historical records indicate Akyab was no more dangerous to its European colonizers than other locations along the India coast. Its
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In October 2011, as part of a recent bilateral trade deal signed by Myanmar and India, the two countries pledged a US$ 120 million port and multimodal investment to complete the infrastructure linking Indian north-eastern provinces to Sittwe overland via India's Mizoram by 2013.
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covering the remaining seven months. Sittwe sees average rainfall in excess of 1 metre (40 in) per month during June, July and August. Conditions are noticeably cooler and less humid in the months of December, January and February than during the remainder of the year.
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in camps at Sittwe. There are now some 140,000 Rohingyas living in poor condition huts with limited electricity and food. Rohingya refugees can not go out or move around and also not allowed to work outside of camp. The beach at Ohn Daw Gyi became the main departure point.
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in 1784, the Rakhine defenders encountered the Burmese force at the mouth of Kaladan river. In the ensuing battle, which was waged on both land and water, the Mrauk U forces were defeated. The place where the battle occurred came to be called
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The port of Sittwe will undergo extensive dredging and the construction of new berthing terminals. Once operational it will offer direct passage to enable Burmese and Indian shippers to pick up mainline services to and from
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Shwe Lu Maung alias Shahnawaz Khan, The Price of Silence: Muslim-Buddhist War of Bangladesh and Myanmar – A Social Darwinist’s Analysis, DewDrop Arts & Technology, 2005, p174.
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Shwe Lu Maung alias Shahnawaz Khan: The Price of Silence, A Muslim-Buddhist conflict of Myanmar - A Social Darwinist's Analysis, DewDrop Arts & Technology, 2005
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forces, which gained control of most of Rakhine State. Sittwe and a number of other cities are the only remaining areas in the state still controlled by the
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had a consular agency in Akyab. The four stupas along the ridge overlooking the town were rebuilt in the late 19th century very plainly and unattractively.
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is perhaps the most well-known attraction in Sittwe. It is at the end of the Strand Road and looks out into the Bay of Bengal and the mouth of the
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Ahkyaib-daw, is one of the most sacred Buddhist pagodas, possibly originating from the 3rd century BC in the days of Emperor
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was considered even more unhealthy. It was renamed Akyab after the town's hill and its eponymous
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Sittwe Pharagri, the focal point of Sittwe's Buddhist environment, beside Shwezedi Monastery.
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Police checkpoint in Sittwe with closed-off Rohingya Muslim area in the background.
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The area of modern Sittwe was the location of a battle during the conquest of the
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Sittwe is the birthplace of political monks in Myanmar. It was the birthplace of
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In February 2007, India announced a plan to develop the port under the
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is the home ground of Arakan United FC of the Myanmar Amateur League.
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Saittwe or Sittwe was only a small fishing village at the time of the
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Baseline climate means (1961-1990) from stations all over the world
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were later claimed to date to the 16th century and to hold various
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Since 2012, the Myanmar government has held tens of thousands of
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due to its possession of both an airfield and a deepwater port.
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was removed to the basement of the Akyab courthouse until 1867.
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from other parts of the country. The vast majority practises
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from December through April, and an extraordinarily rainy
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is a famous monastery in Sittwe. It was the monastery of
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The local defenses were stormed by the British under
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The name was initially 14: 2714: 2111: 1924: 1758: 2542: 2213: 2133: 1872: 1850: 1828: 1800: 1454:2007 Burmese anti-government protests 416: 1722: 1720: 1583:is named after its old name, Akyab. 818:Climate data for Sittwe (1991–2020) 790:Sittwe's climate is classified as a 55:adding citations to reliable sources 26: 2006:(in German). Deutscher Wetterdienst 1955:. World Meteorological Organization 24: 770:In early 2024, as a result of the 25: 2758: 2727:Populated places in Rakhine State 2239: 2157: 1717: 1513:’s maxillary bone hence its name. 1388:World Meteorological Organization 439:(Burma). Sittwe is located on an 2570: 2299: 2293: 2147:, London: John Murray, pp.  1860: 1653: 1641: 1629: 1617: 1605: 1593: 1586: 1541:Technological University, Sittwe 703:. The bell of the pagoda at the 242: 180: 173: 157: 31: 2086: 2072: 2050: 2036: 2018: 1989: 1925:Fuller, Thomas (12 June 2015). 1918: 1894: 1405: 802:system. 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