western Myanmar

E304680
geographical region

Western Myanmar is a coastal region along the Bay of Bengal known for its diverse ethnic communities, including the Arakan (Rakhine) area, and its history of cultural and political tensions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
western Myanmar canonical 9
Western Myanmar 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
borders Bay of Bengal ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
conflictType communal violence ⓘ
ethnic conflict ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
natural gas extraction ⓘ
palm oil production ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bamar ⓘ
surface form: Bamar people

Chin people ⓘ
Daingnet people ⓘ
Kaman people ⓘ
Khumi people ⓘ
Mro people ⓘ
Rakhine people ⓘ
Rohingya ⓘ
surface form: Rohingya people
governedBy Government of Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Myanmar central government
hasBorderWith People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

India ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal ⓘ
hasPortCity Kyaukphyu ⓘ
Sittwe ⓘ
hasRiver Kaladan River ⓘ
Lemyo River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mayu River ⓘ
hasTown Buthidaung ⓘ
Maungdaw ⓘ
Kingdom of Mrauk U ⓘ
surface form: Mrauk U
historicallyPartOf Arakan ⓘ
surface form: Arakan region

Kingdom of Mrauk U ⓘ
includesRegion Ayeyarwady Region ⓘ
Chin State ⓘ
Magway Region ⓘ
Rakhine State ⓘ
infrastructureProject China–Myanmar transport corridor ⓘ
surface form: China–Myanmar oil and gas pipelines

Kyaukphyu ⓘ
surface form: Kyaukphyu deep-sea port
knownFor coastal geography ⓘ
cultural tensions ⓘ
diverse ethnic communities ⓘ
political tensions ⓘ
locatedIn Myanmar ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
partOf Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Union of Myanmar

Referenced by (11)

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

Arakan → locatedIn → western Myanmar ⓘ
Sittwe → locatedIn → western Myanmar ⓘ
Thandwe → locatedIn → western Myanmar ⓘ
Rakhine language → spokenIn → western Myanmar ⓘ
Kyaukphyu → locatedIn → western Myanmar ⓘ
Dhanyawadi → locatedIn → western Myanmar ⓘ
Hakha Chin → region → western Myanmar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Myanmar
Zo people → region → western Myanmar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Myanmar
Rakhine Yoma → locatedIn → western Myanmar ⓘ
Nat Ma Taung National Park → locatedIn → western Myanmar ⓘ
Mount Victoria → locatedIn → western Myanmar ⓘ