Manaung Island

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Manaung Island, also called Cheduba Island (Burmese: မာန်အောင်ကျွန်း, Man-Aung Kyùn) is a large outlying island off the Rakhine Coast of Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal, just south west of the larger Ramree Island. The island is a part of Kyaukphyu District in Rakhine State.

The main town on the island is Man Aung, located in the north-eastern corner. It has a ferry port that connects to nearby Kokkabyin on Ramree Island, and an airport which serves semi-regular connections to Sittwe, Pathein, and Yangon.

The island has a population of 41,122 people, a land area of 523km², and a population density of 78 people per square kilometer.

Geography
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Manaung Island is mostly flat with a few rolling hills in the south west, and shares a common geography with similar terrain all the way down the Bay of Bengal coast and down into Andaman and Nicobar islands. The island's highest peak is located at the southern end.

There are 3 towns on the island, Meinmagwe in the south, Man Aung in the northeast, and Thitpon in the west, where there is a lighthouse.