Maungdaw District (Burmese: မောင်တောခရိုင်) is a district of Rakhine State in western Myanmar (Burma). Its capital city is Maungdaw and the population density is about 295 persons per square kilometer. Roughly 91 percent of Maungdaw District's population is Muslim, making it the district with the highest percentage of Muslims in Myanmar. In recent history, many Muslims have fled from this region to neighbouring Bangladesh, mostly as refugees to seek peace and shelter from the Burmese military mass killings.[1] Along with parts of neighbouring Sittwe District, Maungdaw District is also informally referred to as northern Rakhine State.[2]
maungdaw, district, burmese, ခရ, district, rakhine, state, western, myanmar, burma, capital, city, maungdaw, population, density, about, persons, square, kilometer, roughly, percent, population, muslim, making, district, with, highest, percentage, muslims, mya. Maungdaw District Burmese မ င တ ခရ င is a district of Rakhine State in western Myanmar Burma Its capital city is Maungdaw and the population density is about 295 persons per square kilometer Roughly 91 percent of Maungdaw District s population is Muslim making it the district with the highest percentage of Muslims in Myanmar In recent history many Muslims have fled from this region to neighbouring Bangladesh mostly as refugees to seek peace and shelter from the Burmese military mass killings 1 Along with parts of neighbouring Sittwe District Maungdaw District is also informally referred to as northern Rakhine State 2 Maungdaw District မ င တ ခရ င DistrictLocation of Maungdaw District red in Rakhine State blue Coordinates 21 00 N 92 23 E 21 000 N 92 383 E 21 000 92 383Country MyanmarDivisionRakhine StateCapitalMaungdawTime zoneUTC 6 30 MMT Townships EditThe district contains the following townships Maungdaw Township Buthidaung TownshipSee also EditMayu Frontier DistrictReferences Edit Northern Rakhine State June 2010 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2011 06 21 Retrieved 2011 07 28 Myanmar Northern Rakhine State UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Retrieved 29 June 2018 This Myanmar location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maungdaw District amp oldid 1161091687, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
