Official Name: | Sittaung |
Native Name: | စစ်တောင်း |
Other Name: | Sittaw |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map: | Myanmar |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sittaung, Myanmar |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Myanmar |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Sagaing Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Mawlaik |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Paungbyin |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 24.1667°N 129°W |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | +6.30 |
Sittaung (Burmese: စစ်တောင်း, in Burmese pronounced as /sɪʔ táʊ̯ɰ̃/) is a town in Paungbyin Township, Mawlaik District, in the Sagaing Region of Burma (Myanmar) on the right bank of the Chindwin River.[1] There is a highway running west to the Indian border which provides Tamu with access to transport on the Chindwin. This road was laid out in 1887 by troops under Major General John James Hood Gordon to better link Manipur with Upper Burma.[2]