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Sittwe
Sittwe
(; ; formerly,
Akyab
) is the capital of
Rakhine State
,
Myanmar
(Burma). Sittwe, pronounced
site-tway
in the
Rakhine language
, is located on an
estuarial
island created at the confluence of the
Kaladan
,
Mayu
, and
Lay Mro
rivers emptying into the
Bay of Bengal
. The city has 181,000 inhabitants (2006). It is the administrative seat of
Sittwe Township
and
Sittwe District
.
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