Thandwe Township

Thandwe Township (Burmese: သံတွဲမြို့နယ်) is a township of Thandwe District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Thandwe.^[2]

Thandwe Township သံတွဲမြို့နယ်
Township
Location in Thandwe district
Coordinates: 18°28′0″N 94°23′00″E
Country	Myanmar
State	Rakhine State
District	Thandwe District
Elevation	5 m (18 ft)
Population  (2014)	133,484[1]
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MMT)

Location

No	Township name	North latitude		East longitude		Elevation (ft)
1	Thandwe Township	18 28′ 00″	18 27′ 50″	94 23′ 00″	94 22′ 45″	18

Geography

Thandwe Township is situated the south of Rakhine State. From east to west, it is 28.33 miles wide and from south to north it is 48 miles wide. The area is 1360.16 square miles or 870,504 acres or 3522,8 square km. There are surrounded by hill and above sea level is 18 feet.

No	Name of township	Town area (square miles)	Country area (square miles)	Total area (square miles)
1	Thandwe Township	1.373 (1,805 acres)	1,358.787 (868,699 acres)	1,360.16 (870,504 acres)

Population

No	Name of township	Male (above 18)	Female (above 18)	Total (above 18)		Male (under 18)	Female (under 18)	Total (under 18)	Total males	Total females	Total
1	Thandwe	39378	43215	82593	15645	15104	30749	55023	58319	113342

Family

No	Name of township	Families in town	Families in village	Total
1	Thandwe	2,401	23,075	25,476

House

No	Name	Houses in town	Houses in village	Total
1	Thandwe	2,598	23,544	26,142

Organization

No	District	Township	No of Town	No of Quarter	No of village groups	No of village
1	Thandwe	Thandwe	1	7	63	252

Race

In Thandwe township, there are 5 Chinese men, 12 Pakistani men, 6 Kachin ,3 Kayak, 8 Kayin, 3663 Chin, 554 Burmese, 40 Mon, 100,947 Rakhine, 8 Shan and 299 people of other ethnic groups.

Religious

There are 100,871 Buddhists, 8,761 Muslims, 3,705 Christians and 5 Hindus.

Political party

There are 5 parties.