Thandwe Township

Coordinates: 18°28′0″N 94°23′00″E / 18.46667°N 94.38333°E / 18.46667; 94.38333
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Thandwe Township
သံတွဲမြို့နယ်
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Thandwe Township (Burmese: သံတွဲမြို့နယ်) is a township of Thandwe District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Thandwe.[2]

Location

No Township name North latitude East longitude Elevation (ft)
1 Thandwe Township 18 28′ 00″ 18 27′ 50″ 94 23′ 00″ 94 22′ 45″ 18

Geo

Thandwe Township is situated the south of Rakhine State. From east to west, it is 28.33 miles wide and from south to north it is 48 miles wide. The area is 1360.16 square miles or 870,504 acres or 3522,8 square km. There are surrounded by hill and above sea level is 18 feet.

No Name of township Town area (square miles) Country area (square miles) Total area (square miles)
1 Thandwe Township 1.373 (1,805 acres) 1,358.787 (868,699 acres) 1,360.16 (870,504 acres)

Population

No Name of township Male (above 18) Female (above 18) Total (above 18) Male (under 18) Female (under 18) Total (under 18) Total males Total females Total
1 Thandwe 39378 43215 82593 15645 15104 30749 55023 58319 113342

Family

No Name of township Families in town Families in village Total
1 Thandwe 2401 23075 25476

House

No Name Houses in town Houses in village Total
1 Thandwe 2598 23544 26142

Organization

No District Township No of Town No of Quarter No f village group No of village
1 Thandwe Thandwe 1 7 63 252

Race

In Thandwe township, there are 5 Chinese men and 12 Pakistan men, 6 kachin,3 kayah, 8 kayin, 3663 chin, 554 Burma, 40 mon, 100947 rakhine, 8 shan and other 299 people.

Religious

There are 100871 Buddhists, 8761 Muslims, 3705 Christians and 5 Hindus.

Political party

There are 5 parties.

References

  1. ^ Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 2. Naypyitaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 60.
  2. ^ http://www.themimu.info/docs/MIMU154v01_100816_Thandwe%20Ts-Rakhine%20State_A1.pdf[permanent dead link] Map of Thandwe Township