Sittwe District

Sittwe District (Burmese: စစ်တွေခရိုင်, Sittwe Hkăyaing) is a district of Rakhine State in the west of Myanmar, and is bordered by Maungdaw District to the north west, Matupi District of Chin State to the north, and Kyaukphyu District to the southeast. It is situated on the shores of the Bay of Bengal. The ancient city of Mrauk-U is located here.

The capital is Sittwe, which is located in the west of the district on a marshy peninsula. The district has a population of 1,186,601 people, which is more than half of the population of Rakhine State.

Geography
Sittwe District is situated between the Rakhine Mountains to the east and the Bay of Bengal to the west. Much of the district is made of the flat plain surrounding the Kaladan River, which flows southward through the west of the district. The plain is where much of the district's population lives, and is the heartland of Rakhine State.

The district also has several islands, such as Myengu Island and Byichaung Island, both of which are slowly becoming tourists areas. In some areas, district is lined by parallel-running linear hills from north to south, including near the town of Mrauk-U.

Much of the coastline consists of marshes and mangroves, similar to Kyaukphyu District.

Transport
Sittwe District is served by the Rakhine Highway, which crosses the Kaladan River in the north of the district, near the town of Kyauktaw. There is a railway in the district which starts in Sittwe, but remains unfinished. It is not connected to the rest of the Burmese rail network.

Sittwe has an airport with regular flights to Falam, Bagan, Magwe, Kyaukphyu, Mandalay, and Yangon, and a ferry port which connects to offshore islands and Kyaukphyu.