Kyauktaw
Town in Rakhine State, Myanmar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kyauktaw (Burmese: ကျောက်တော်မြို့ [tɕaʊʔtɔ̀ mjo̰]) is a town in northern Rakhine State, in the westernmost part of Myanmar. The famous Mahamuni Buddha image was originally situated near Kyauktaw, in the ruins of the old city of Dhanyawadi.
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Kyauktaw
ကျောက်တော်မြို့ | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 20°50′38″N 92°58′03″E | |
Country | Myanmar |
Division | Rakhine State |
District | Sittwe District |
Township | Kyauktaw Township |
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• Religions | Buddhism ဗုဒၶဘာသာ Christianity ခရစ္ယန္ဘာသာ and Hinduism ဟိႏၵဳဘာသာ Islam အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာ |
Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MMT) |
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The town was captured by the Arakan Army around 12 February 2024 from the Tatmadaw during the Myanmar Civil War.[1]