Sittwe

E218985

city port city

Sittwe is a coastal city in western Myanmar that has been a focal point of political unrest and ethnic tensions, including major protests during the Saffron Revolution.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Sittwe canonical	9
Sittwe Port	2
Akyab	1
Mrauk U	1
Sittwe District	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ port city ⓘ
conflictRelatedTo	Rakhine State conflicts ⓘ
country	Myanmar ⓘ
countryCapitalOf	none ⓘ
ethnicGroupPresent	Rakhine people ⓘ surface form: Rakhine Buddhists Rohingya ⓘ surface form: Rohingya Muslims
eventOccurred	Saffron Revolution ⓘ surface form: 2007 Saffron Revolution demonstrations
formerName	Sittwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Akyab
governedBy	Rakhine State ⓘ surface form: Rakhine State government
hasAirport	Sittwe Airport ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	fishing industry ⓘ rice trade ⓘ seafood processing ⓘ
hasHumanRightsConcern	restrictions on Rohingya movement ⓘ segregated camps for displaced Rohingya ⓘ
hasIssue	displacement of Rohingya population ⓘ military presence ⓘ
hasPort	Sittwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sittwe Port
hasRole	major seaport of western Myanmar ⓘ regional administrative center ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance	access point to Bay of Bengal ⓘ military and naval significance ⓘ
isCapitalOf	Rakhine State ⓘ
knownFor	communal violence ⓘ ethnic tensions ⓘ political unrest ⓘ
languageSpoken	Burmese ⓘ Rakhine language ⓘ
locatedAtMouthOf	Kalimyo River ⓘ Lay Mro River ⓘ Mayu River ⓘ
locatedIn	Rakhine State ⓘ western Myanmar ⓘ
locatedOn	Bay of Bengal ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf	Indian Ocean ⓘ
nearBorderWith	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh
partOf	Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Union of Myanmar
portUsedFor	coastal shipping ⓘ fishing ⓘ trade with Bangladesh ⓘ
religionPresent	Buddhism ⓘ Islam ⓘ
timeZone	Myanmar Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+06:30 ⓘ
wasFocalPointOf	Saffron Revolution ⓘ surface form: Saffron Revolution protests

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saffron Revolution → location → Sittwe ⓘ

Arakan → hasCapital → Sittwe ⓘ

Arakan → hasMajorCity → Sittwe ⓘ

Arakan → hasPort → Sittwe ⓘ

Rakhine people → populationCenter → Sittwe ⓘ

Sittwe → formerName → Sittwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Akyab

Sittwe → hasPort → Sittwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sittwe Port

western Myanmar → hasPortCity → Sittwe ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Myanmar

Kingdom of Mrauk U → hasMajorPort → Sittwe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mrauk U

Kyaukphyu → isPartOf → Sittwe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sittwe District

Rakhine State → capital → Sittwe ⓘ

Rakhine State → largestCity → Sittwe ⓘ

Rakhine State → hasCity → Sittwe ⓘ

Rakhine State → hasPort → Sittwe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sittwe Port