Sittwe District

For other uses, see Sittwe (disambiguation).

Sittwe District (Burmese: စစ်တွေခရိုင်) is a district of Rakhine State, in western Myanmar. Its administrative center Sittwe serves as the capital of Rakhine State.

Sittwe District
District
Location in Rakhine State
Country	Myanmar
State	Rakhine State
Capital	Sittwe
Townships	4
Population  (2014)[1]
• Total	537,300
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

Administrative divisions

Sittwe District consists of the following townships:^[1]

• Pauktaw Township
• Ponnagyun Township
• Rathedaung Township
• Sittwe Township

Sittwe District also formerly contained the following townships, which were split off to become Mrauk-U District:^{[citation needed]}

• Kyauktaw Township
• Mrauk-U Township
• Minbya Township
• Myebon Township

Demographics

According to the 2014 census, the district had a population of 537,300 people, of whom 250,712 were men and 286,588 women.^[1]