Maungdaw Township
Maungdaw Township
မောင်တောမြို့နယ် | |
|---|---|
Location in Maungdaw district (in red) | |
| Coordinates: 20°49′N 92°22′E / 20.817°N 92.367°E | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| State | Rakhine State |
| District | Maungdaw District |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Ethnicities | 80% Rohingya |
| • Religions | Buddhism Islam Christianity Hinduism |
| Time zone | UTC+6:30 (MMT) |
Maungdaw Township (Burmese: မောင်တောမြို့နယ် [máʊɰ̃dɔ́ mjo̰nɛ̀]) is a township of Maungdaw District in Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). The principal town is Maungdaw.[1]
Demographics
The township has a large Muslim Rohingya population, roughly 80% of the total population in 2012. In July 2012, the government of Myanmar did not include Rohingyas, and instead classified as stateless Bengali Muslims from Bangladesh, on the government's list of more than 135 ethnic groups.[2] Other 20% population are Rakhine, Bamar, Kamein, Khami, Daingnet, Mro, Meitei,[3] and Thet.
Education
There are five basic education high schools, three high schools (branches), eight middle schools, one middle school (branch), one affiliated middle school, 16 post-primary schools and 125 primary schools as of 2011.[4]
History
The area comprising the township served as natural water boundary between historic Bengal and Arakan, often Arakanese kingdoms often spreading their sovereignty over Bengal crossing Naf River.
Coastal areas of Maungdaw was site of battle between Portuguese mercenaries and Arakanese forces during the reign of King Min Khamaung around 1615, allied with the Dutch VOC.
Following Burmese annexation of Arakan in 1785, subsequent Arakanese rebellions between 1790s and 1811 led to mass exodus of refugees fleeing to British controlled East India Company whom most of them resided at Cox's Bazar. Notably an incident occurred in Northern area of township led to breakout of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
On 6 February 2024, the Arakan Army captured the towns of Taung Pyo Letwe and Taung Pyo Letyar from the military junta during Myanmar's civil war, with nearly 60 regime troops escaping over the border of the Bandarban district of Bangladesh.[5][6][7] In December 2024, Arakan Army during the Battle of Maungdaw further captured the entire Maungdaw securing full control over the 271-kilometer border with Bangladesh.[8]
List of towns
- Taung Pyo Letwe (တောင်ပြိုလက်ဝဲမြို့)[9]
- Taung Pyo Letyar (တောင်ပြိုလက်ယာ)
- Myinhlutt (မြင်းလွှတ်)
- Nyaungyaung (ညောင်ချောင်း)
References
- ^ "Map of Maungdaw Township" (PDF). Themimu.info. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ DPA. "Rohingyas are not citizens: Myanmar minister". The Hindu. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ Junta forces arrest 6 Maungdaw residents with arms. Narinjara News. June 1, 2024. Archived June 1, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Page 7 Column 2" (PDF). Mrtv.net.mm. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- ^ The Irrawaddy (7 February 2024). "Myanmar's Military Driven Out of Township in Northern Rakhine, Reports Say". The Irrawaddy. Irrawaddy Publishing Group. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ Web Master (NN 30) (6 February 2024). "တောင်ပြို(လက်ဝဲ) (လက်ယာ) စခန်းနှစ်ခုလုံးကို ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော် အောင်မြင်စွာသိမ်းပိုက်". Narinjara News (in Burmese). Retrieved 14 March 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Rashid, Muktadir (5 February 2024). "Nearly 100 Myanmar Border Police Flee to Bangladesh After AA Attacks Outposts". The Irrawaddy. Dhaka: Irrawaddy Publishing Group. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ Irrawaddy, The (2024-12-09). "AA Takes Complete Control of Myanmar-Bangladesh Border After Seizing Maungdaw". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ Myanmar Information Management Unit (2019). Maungdaw Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya မောင်တောမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Maungdaw Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report) (in Burmese). Retrieved 14 March 2024.