Tenasserim

E57184
coastal region historical region

Tenasserim is a long, narrow coastal region in southern Myanmar along the Andaman Sea, historically significant as a frontier area between Burmese and Thai kingdoms.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Tenasserim canonical 10
Tenasserim coast 3
Lower Burma 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeUse name used for a British colonial division in Burma ⓘ
associatedWithRiver Tanintharyi River ⓘ
borderedBy Thailand ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon ⓘ
coastType Malay Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Andaman Sea coast
colonialHistory came under British rule in the 19th century ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
currentOfficialNameForm Tanintharyi Region ⓘ
currentOfficialNameLanguage Burmese ⓘ
dominantEcosystem tropical rainforest ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
rubber cultivation ⓘ
timber extraction ⓘ
tin mining ⓘ
ethnicDiversity Bamar ⓘ
Karen ⓘ
Mon ⓘ
Thai-related groups ⓘ
extendsAlong Malay Peninsula ⓘ
formerAdministrativeCapital Mergui Archipelago ⓘ
surface form: Mergui

Tenasserim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tavoy
geographicalCharacteristic long narrow coastal strip ⓘ
historicalConflict Burmese–Siamese wars ⓘ
historicallyServedAs frontier between Burmese and Thai kingdoms ⓘ
historicalSignificance contested area between Burma and Siam ⓘ
strategic frontier zone ⓘ
historicalTradeRole maritime trade corridor ⓘ
overland route between India and Siam ⓘ
locatedIn Southeast Asia ⓘ
southern Myanmar ⓘ
locatedOn Andaman Sea ⓘ
modernAdministrativeSuccessor Tanintharyi Region ⓘ
nameVariant Tanintharyi ⓘ
Tenasserim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tenasserim Coast
partOf Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia
regionType historical frontier region ⓘ
religionMajority Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
separates Andaman Sea and interior of Myanmar ⓘ
strategicImportance access to Andaman Sea ⓘ
gateway between Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Thailand ⓘ
timePeriodOfNameUse British colonial era ⓘ
pre-colonial era ⓘ
wasPartOf Burma (until 1937) ⓘ
surface form: British Burma

British India ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Burma (until 1937) → includedRegion → Tenasserim ⓘ
Karen people → majorPopulationCenter → Tenasserim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tanintharyi Region
Malay Peninsula → mountainRange → Tenasserim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenasserim Hills
Upper Burma → borders → Tenasserim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Burma
Upper Burma → mergedWith → Tenasserim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lower Burma
Tenasserim → nameVariant → Tenasserim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenasserim Coast
Tenasserim → formerAdministrativeCapital → Tenasserim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tavoy
First Anglo-Burmese War → location → Tenasserim ⓘ
Konbaung Dynasty → territorialExpansion → Tenasserim ⓘ
Anglo-Burmese Wars → location → Tenasserim ⓘ
subject surface form: First Anglo-Burmese War
Thaton Kingdom → region → Tenasserim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenasserim coast
Burmese–Siamese wars → involvedRegion → Tenasserim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenasserim coast
southern Myanmar → includes → Tenasserim ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Myanmar
this entity surface form: Tenasserim coast
southern Myanmar → historicalRegionOverlap → Tenasserim ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Myanmar
Tanintharyi Region → historicalName → Tenasserim ⓘ
Tanintharyi River → region → Tenasserim ⓘ
Province of Burma → containsAdministrativeTerritory → Tenasserim ⓘ
Treaty of Yandabo → cededRegion → Tenasserim ⓘ
King Bagyidaw → territoryCeded → Tenasserim ⓘ
Anglo-Siamese agreements on frontier delimitation → appliesToTerritory → Tenasserim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenasserim region