Sittwe

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Sittwe စစ်တွေမြို့ Akyab
City
Sittwe main street
Sittwe Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 20°10′01″N 92°47′06″E / 20.167°N 92.785°E / 20.167; 92.785
Country	Myanmar
State	Rakhine State
District	Sittwe District
Township	Sittwe Township
Population  (2014 Census)
• Total	100,748[1]
• Ethnicities	Rakhine Rohingya Bamar Chin Kaman Maramagyi
• Religions	Buddhism Islam
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MMT)
Area code(s)	42, 43
Climate	Am

Sittwe (Burmese: စစ်တွေမြို့; MLCTS: cac twe mrui.; Burmese pronunciation: [sɪʔtwè mjo̰]; formerly Akyab) is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Sittwe, pronounced sait-tway in the Rakhine language, is located on an estuarial island created at the confluence of the Kaladan, Mayu, and Lay Mro rivers emptying into the Bay of Bengal. As of 2006 the city has 181,000 inhabitants. It is the administrative seat of Sittwe Township and Sittwe District.