Arakan
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Arakan is a historical coastal region in western Myanmar, now largely corresponding to Rakhine State and known for its distinct ethnic and cultural identity.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arakan canonical | 20 |
| Rakhine | 9 |
| Arakan region | 5 |
| Rakhine State | 4 |
| Arakan Coast | 2 |
| Myanmar coast | 2 |
| Rakhine coast | 2 |
| Arakan (Rakhine) | 1 |
| Assam–Arakan Basin | 1 |
| Northwestern Myanmar | 1 |
| Rakhine Coast | 1 |
| ancient Arakan | 1 |
| northwestern Myanmar | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical region ⓘ |
| administrativeSuccessor |
Arakan
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rakhine State
|
| borders | Bay of Bengal ⓘ |
| colonialPower | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| conqueredBy |
Konbaung Dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Konbaung Dynasty of Burma
|
| conqueredIn | 1784 ⓘ |
| correspondsTo |
Arakan
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rakhine State
|
| country | Myanmar ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Arakan
ⓘ
surface form:
Arakan Coast
Arakan ⓘ
surface form:
Rakhine
Arakan ⓘ
surface form:
Rakhine Coast
|
| hasCapital | Sittwe ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInfluenceFrom |
Bengal
ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
surface form:
Burma
South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Rakhine people
ⓘ
Rohingya ⓘ
surface form:
Rohingya people
|
| hasLanguage |
Burmese
ⓘ
surface form:
Burmese language
Rakhine language ⓘ Rohingya language ⓘ |
| hasMajorCity |
Kingdom of Mrauk U
ⓘ
surface form:
Mrauk U
Sittwe ⓘ Thandwe ⓘ |
| hasMountainRange | Arakan Mountains ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Arakan
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rakhine State
|
| hasPort |
Kyaukphyu
ⓘ
Sittwe ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Islam
ⓘ
Theravada ⓘ
surface form:
Theravada Buddhism
|
| historicalCapital |
Dhanyawadi
ⓘ
Kingdom of Mrauk U ⓘ
surface form:
Mrauk U
Vesali ⓘ |
| historicalPolity |
Kingdom of Mrauk U
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Arakan
Kingdom of Mrauk U ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coastal geography
ⓘ
distinct cultural identity ⓘ distinct ethnic identity ⓘ historical kingdoms ⓘ |
| locatedIn | western Myanmar ⓘ |
| partOf |
Myanmar
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Burma (until 1937) ⓘ
surface form:
Union of Burma
|
| separatedBy | Arakan Mountains ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | central Myanmar ⓘ |
| strategicFor | Bay of Bengal trade routes ⓘ |
| wasIndependentUntil | 1784 ⓘ |
| wasPartOf |
Burma (until 1937)
ⓘ
surface form:
British Burma
British India ⓘ Province of Burma ⓘ |
Referenced by (50)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rakhine
this entity surface form:
Rakhine
this entity surface form:
Myanmar coast
this entity surface form:
Arakan Coast
this entity surface form:
Myanmar coast
this entity surface form:
northwestern Myanmar
this entity surface form:
Rakhine State
this entity surface form:
Rakhine State
this entity surface form:
Rakhine
this entity surface form:
Rakhine Coast
this entity surface form:
Arakan Coast
this entity surface form:
Rakhine State
this entity surface form:
Arakan region
this entity surface form:
Northwestern Myanmar
this entity surface form:
Assam–Arakan Basin
this entity surface form:
Rakhine
this entity surface form:
Rakhine
this entity surface form:
Rakhine
subject surface form:
First Anglo-Burmese War
subject surface form:
Western Myanmar
this entity surface form:
Arakan region
this entity surface form:
Rakhine
this entity surface form:
Arakan region
this entity surface form:
Arakan region
this entity surface form:
ancient Arakan
this entity surface form:
Arakan (Rakhine)
this entity surface form:
Rakhine
this entity surface form:
Rakhine coast
this entity surface form:
Rakhine