Thandwe

E304681
human settlement town

Thandwe is a coastal town in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State, historically known as Sandoway and serving as an important regional center near the popular Ngapali Beach.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Thandwe canonical 3

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeDivision Thandwe Township ⓘ
borderedBy Bay of Bengal to the west ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
coast Bay of Bengal ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
countrySubdivision Rakhine State ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
governingLevel township-level administration ⓘ
hasAirport Thandwe Airport ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Sandoway ⓘ
hasFeature coastal landscape ⓘ
proximity to Bay of Bengal ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance regional center in Rakhine State ⓘ
hasNearbyInfrastructure Ngapali Beach ⓘ
surface form: Ngapali Beach resorts
hasPortActivity small-scale coastal port operations ⓘ
hasReligiousSites Buddhist pagodas ⓘ
hasTransportConnection Thandwe Airport ⓘ
road links to other towns in Rakhine State ⓘ
historicalName Sandoway ⓘ
isCoastalTown true ⓘ
isInEthnicRegion Rakhine State ⓘ
surface form: Rakhine region
isRegionalCenter true ⓘ
languageMajority Burmese ⓘ
locatedIn Rakhine State ⓘ
western Myanmar ⓘ
locatedInCountry Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
locatedOn coast of the Bay of Bengal ⓘ
near Ngapali Beach ⓘ
nearbyTouristDestination Ngapali Beach ⓘ
partOf Thandwe District ⓘ
primaryReligion Buddhism ⓘ
region western coast of Myanmar ⓘ
servesAsGatewayTo Ngapali Beach ⓘ
timeZone Myanmar Standard Time ⓘ
usedNameDuringColonialPeriod Sandoway ⓘ
UTCOffset +6:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Arakan → hasMajorCity → Thandwe ⓘ
Rakhine people → populationCenter → Thandwe ⓘ
Rakhine State → hasCity → Thandwe ⓘ