Official Name: | Tamandu |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map: | Burma |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Burma |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Division |
Subdivision Name1: | Rakhine State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Kyaukpyu |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Ann Township |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 19.85°N 140°W |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | +6.30 |
Tamandu[1] was a village in Ann Township, Kyaukpyu District, in northern Rakhine State in the westernmost part of Myanmar. Tamandu was located on the southside of the Dalet River (Dalet Chaung) just after it passes through the Kolonzin Range of hills and on the edge of the delta.[2], Tamandu no longer exists; the area is now part of Zuklaing Village Tract.[3]
During World War II the Japanese maintained a strategic supply base at Tamandu. It was retaken by the 25th Infantry Division (India) and the 82nd (West Africa) Division in March 1945 as part of the Arakan Campaign,[4] and a number of short documentary films were made there that year.[5] The Tamandu Barracks in Lagos, Nigeria and Tamandu Road in Kano, Nigeria were named after the village.[6]