Maungdaw Township (Burmese: မောင်တောမြို့နယ်[máʊɰ̃dɔ́mjo̰nɛ̀]) is a township of Maungdaw District in Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). The principal town is Maungdaw.[1]
The township has a large Muslim Rohingya population, roughly 80% of the total population in 2012. In July 2012, the government of Myanmar did not include Rohingyas, and instead classified as stateless Bengali Muslims from Bangladesh, on the government's list of more than 135 ethnic groups. [2] Other 20% population are Rakhine, Bamar, Kamein, Khami, Daingnet, Mro, Meitei,[3] and Thet.
There are five basic education high schools, three high schools (branches), eight middle schools, one middle school (branch), one affiliated
middle school, 16 post-primary schools and 125 primary schools as of 2011.[4]
^"Map of Maungdaw Township" (PDF). Themimu.info. Retrieved 27 October 2014.[permanent dead link]
^DPA. "Rohingyas are not citizens: Myanmar minister". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
^ Junta forces arrest 6 Maungdaw residents with arms. Narinjara News. June 1, 2024. Archived June 1, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
^"Page 7 Column 2" (PDF). Mrtv.net.mm. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
MaungdawTownship (Burmese: မောင်တောမြို့နယ် [máʊɰ̃dɔ́ mjo̰nɛ̀]) is a township of Maungdaw District in Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). The principal town...
of MaungdawTownship and Maungdaw District. Bordering Bangladesh, Maungdaw is home to one of 2 official border trade posts with Bangladesh. Maungdaw is...
District, Maungdaw District is also informally referred to as northern Rakhine State. The district contains the following townships: MaungdawTownship Buthidaung...
throughout MaungdawTownship. On 16 June, the AA urged residents of Maungdaw to evacuate the town, claiming that all junta bases in the township had either...
and ammunition were also looted. The attack took place mainly in MaungdawTownship. A newly formed insurgent group, Harakah al-Yaqin, claimed responsibility...
June 2012, Rohingyas started to protest from Friday's prayers in Maungdawtownship. More than a dozen residents were killed after police started firing...
and militant attacks by Rohingya insurgents in Buthidaung, Maungdaw, and Rathedaung Townships, which border Bangladesh. The conflict arises chiefly from...
others were wounded when their vehicle struck an alleged ARSA mine in MaungdawTownship on 17 November. Rohingya leader Mohammed Mohib Ullah, who had raised...
on the junta as hostile. In February 2022, skirmishes broke out in MaungdawTownship of Rakhine, leading to a junta crackdown on AA-affiliated citizens...
operations in the area. In April 1994, around 120 RSO insurgents entered MaungdawTownship in Myanmar by crossing the Naf River which marks the border between...
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tied them up with rope and brought them to Balu Khali village in MaungdawTownship. Eight of the Rohingya fishermen were interrogated and tortured for...
Townships (Burmese: မြို့နယ်, Mrui.nay; IPA: [mjo̰nɛ̀]) are the third-level administrative divisions of Myanmar. They are the sub-divisions of the districts...
in five of nine townships in September 2019: four in Rakhine State – Maungdaw, Buthidaung, Rathedaung and Myebon – and one township in Chin State, Paletwa...
town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is the capital of Mrauk-U Township, a subregion of the Mrauk-U District. Mrauk U is culturally significant...
December 2016. ""On 4 February 2024, in Taungpyoletwea town (Maungdawtownship, Maungdaw district, Rakhine state), the ULA/AA attacked the Taung Pyo Let...
Buthidaung Township (Burmese: ဘူးသီးတောင်မြို့နယ် [búðídàʊɰ̃ mjo̰nɛ̀]) is a township of Maungdaw District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar (Burma). The...
River. It included MaungdawTownship, Buthidaung Township and a part of Rathedaung Township. The Mayu Range of mountains separated Maungdaw and Buthidaung...
2017, Hindu villages in a cluster known as Kha Maung Seik in the northern Maungdaw District of Rakhine State in Myanmar were attacked and 99 Bengali Hindu...
flooding in June 2010 and July 2011. Buthidaung is 16 miles east from Maungdaw. The two towns are connected by two tunnels through the Mayu mountains...
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