Sittwe

စစ်တွေ ; Sittwe
	Sittwe
	Sittwe
Coordinates	20 ° 9 ' N , 92 ° 54' E Coordinates: 20 ° 9 ' N , 92 ° 54' E
Basic data
Country	Myanmar
State	Rakhine State
ISO 3166-2	MM-16
Residents	181,000 (2006)

Sittwe Airport

Sittwe , formerly Akjab ( Burmese စစ်တွေမြို့ , BGN / PCGN : sittwemyo) is the capital of the Rakhaing or Arakan state in Myanmar and at the same time forms the main port on the east coast of Akjab Island and at the mouth of the Arakan River (or Kualadan) .

Sittwe has a convenient location for shipping due to the large and safe harbor.

Sittwe came under British rule in 1826 through the Treaty of Jandabu . In particular, there was a lot of trade in rice here . The British writer Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akjab in 1870 .

traffic

Sittwe Airport (IATA: AKY, ICAO: VYSW)

education

Sittwe University
Technical University, Sittwe

Climate table

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Sittwe

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C )	27.1	28.9	31.2	32.7	32.2	29.8	29.0	29.0	30.0	30.6	29.2	27.0	O	29.7
Min. Temperature (° C)	14.9	16.1	20.1	24.0	25.4	25.2	24.9	24.8	25.1	24.4	21.5	17.0	O	22nd

Precipitation ( mm )	2	4th	11	50	391	1,151	1,399	1,134	577	286	130	19th	Σ	5,154

Humidity ( % )	74	69	70	72	74	89	92	92	88	84	80	79	O	80.3

Source: wetterkontor.de

Individual evidence

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Web links

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