| Official Name: | Kyauktaw |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map: | Burma |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Myanmar |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Myanmar |
| Subdivision Type1: | Division |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sittwe District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kyauktaw Township |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2: | Buddhism ဗုဒၶဘာသာ, Christianity ခရစ္ယန္ဘာသာ and Hinduism ဟိႏၵဳဘာသာ, Islam အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာ |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 20.8438°N 92.9676°W |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Timezone: | MMT |
| Utc Offset: | +6.30 |
Kyauktaw (Burmese: ကျောက်တော်မြို့ in Burmese pronounced as /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.
The town was captured by the Arakan Army around 12 February 2024 from the Tatmadaw during the Myanmar Civil War.[1]
Kyauktaw is situated 65miles from the north of Sittwe, the capital city of Rakhine State. It is located approximately between latitudes 20° 37' north and 21° 11' north and longitudes 92° 50' east and 93° 88' east from the north of Kaladan River. The Kispanadi Bridge is located at the entrance to Kyauktaw, traversing the Kaladan River.
The area of Kyauktaw Township is nearly 675.55sqmi. Kyauktaw is bordered by Mrauk U, around 27miles from the east, Buthidaung, around 30miles from the west, Ponnagyun, 45miles from the south and Pallawa Township of Chin State, around 40miles from the north. It stretches 19miles from east to west and 35miles from north to south.
Kyauktaw has three seasons; the monsoon or rainy season is from May to October; the cool season or winter from November to February and the hot season or summer from March to May. The average temperature range during the summer is from 32 to 40 °C. The average rainfall range during the rainy season is from 431 to 482 centimeters. There was a flood in July 2011.[2]
Kyauktaw has many sugar mills and sugarcane plantations.