Ramree or Ramarwaddy (Burmese: ရမ်းဗြဲမြို့, Burmese pronunciation:[jáɰ̃bjɛ́mjo̰]) also known as Yanbye is a town in Kyaukpyu District, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Ramree (locally pronounced Ram Bray) is situated on Ramree Island. Ramree is the capital of the township of the same name and former capital of the district of Ramree (until 1852 ). It is close to the east coast of the Ramree island, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of the Tan River. The population of Ramree (Yanbye) Urban area is 9,581 as of 2014, while Ramree Township's population is 97,891.[1]
The town was captured by the Arakan Army in March 2024 from the Tatmadaw during the ongoing Myanmar civil war.
^ abCensus Report(PDF). 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Yanbye: Department of Population Ministry of Immigration and Population. April 2018.
Ramree Island (Burmese: ရမ်းဗြဲကျွန်း; also spelled Yanbye Island) is an island off the coast of Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). Ramree island is the...
The Battle of Ramree Island (Burmese: ရမ်းဗြဲကျွန်း တိုက်ပွဲ), also known as Operation Matador, took place from 14 January to 22 February 1945, in the...
Kyaukpyu District, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Ramree (locally pronounced Ram Bray) is situated on Ramree Island. Ramree is the capital of the township of the...
Ramree (Burmese: ရမ်းဗြဲဘာသာစကား, Burmese pronunciation: [jáɰ̃bjɛ́ bàðà zəɡá], also spelt Yanbye or Ranbre) is the main dialect of the Rakhine language...
Ramree Township (Burmese: ရမ်းဗြဲမြို့နယ်) is a township of Kyaukpyu District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Ramree. The local...
the coast of Rakhine State there are some fairly large islands such as Ramree, Cheduba and Myingun. Rakhine State has an area of 36,762 square kilometres...
three dialects of Arakanese: Sittwe–Marma (about two thirds of speakers), Ramree, and Thandwe. While Arakanese and Standard Burmese share the majority of...
Pass, the landings at Ramree, and the final entry into Rangoon won it more Battle Honours: "North Arakan," "Ngakyduak Pass," "Ramree" and "Tuangup," and...
Infantry Regiment and as the main commander and survivor of the Battle of Ramree Island. Nagazawa was born at the Kyoto Prefecture on October 2, 1891. In...
behind the retreating Japanese, inflicting heavy casualties, and captured Ramree Island and Cheduba Island, establishing airfields used to support the offensive...
heavy casualties. An important objective for XV Corps was the capture of Ramree Island and Cheduba Island to construct airfields which would support the...
Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations Battle of Hill 170 Battle of Ramree Island Operation Dracula Battle of Elephant Point Allies bombing of South-East...
single crocodile attack incident may have occurred during the Battle of Ramree Island, on February 19, 1945, in what is now Myanmar. Nine hundred soldiers...
for Mandalay and Meiktila Birdseed (1944) – anti-shipping raid against Ramree harbour area Boarding Party (1943) – raid against German ships interned...
operations, including the unopposed capture of Akyab Island, and the Battle of Ramree Island. Finally in April and May 1945, the division took part in Operation...
U-162 and U-203, and was rendered a constructive loss by air attack off Ramree Island, Burma on 11 February 1945, she was finally broken up at Milford...
as the Brahmaputra River. In the year 1327, the Pinya Kingdom attacked Ramree Island and carried away number of inhabitants. This was followed by another...
reduction of natural prey. During the Japanese retreat in the Battle of Ramree Island on 19 February 1945, saltwater crocodiles may have been responsible...
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