Maungdaw District Explained

Maungdaw District
Settlement Type:	District
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Myanmar
Subdivision Type1:	Division
Subdivision Name1:	Rakhine State
Seat:	Maungdaw
Seat Type:	Capital
Unit Pref:	Imperial
Population Density Km2:	auto
Coordinates:	21°N 115°W
Timezone:	MMT
Utc Offset:	+6:30

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. Roughly 91 percent of Maungdaw District's population is Muslim, making it the district with the highest percentage of Muslims in Myanmar. In recent history, many Muslims have fled from this region to neighbouring Bangladesh, mostly as refugees to seek peace and shelter from the Burmese military mass killings.^[1] Along with parts of neighbouring Sittwe District, Maungdaw District is also informally referred to as northern Rakhine State.^[2]

Townships

The district contains the following townships:

• • Maungdaw Township Buthidaung Township

See also

• Mayu Frontier District

Notes and References

1. Web site: Northern Rakhine State, June 2010 . 2011-07-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110621134215/http://www.themimu.info/Information%20Products/NRS%20snapshot_Jun_2010.pdf . 2011-06-21 .
2. Web site: Myanmar, Northern Rakhine State . UNHCR . United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . 29 June 2018 . en. https://web.archive.org/web/20180629074246/http://www.unhcr.org/publications/maps/44103c925/myanmar-northern-rakhine-state.html. June 29, 2018.