Tanintharyi Region
Tanintharyi Region (Burmese: တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, pronounced [tənɪ́ɰ̃θàjì táɪɰ̃ dèθa̰ dʑí]; Mon: ဏၚ်ကသဳ or ရးတၞင်သြဳ; formerly Tenasserim Division and Tanintharyi Division) is a region of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the upper Malay peninsula, reaching to the Kra Isthmus. It borders the Andaman Sea to the west and the Tenasserim Hills, beyond which lie Thailand, to the east. To the north is the Mon State. There are many islands off the coast, the large Mergui Archipelago in the southern and central coastal areas and the smaller Moscos Islands off the northern shores. The capital of the division is Dawei (Tavoy). Other important cities include Myeik (Mergui) and Kawthaung. The division covers an area of 43,344.9 square kilometres (16,735.6 sq mi), and had a population of 1,406,434 at the 2014 Census.
Tanintharyi Region
တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး | |
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| Myanmar transcription(s) | |
| • Burmese | ta.nangsari tuing: desa. kri: |
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Location of Tanintharyi Region in Myanmar | |
| Coordinates: 13°0′N 98°45′E | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Region | South Myanmar |
| Capital | Dawei (Tavoy) |
| Government | |
| • Chief Minister | Myat Ko |
| • Cabinet | Tanintharyi Region Government |
| • Legislature | Tanintharyi Region Hluttaw |
| • Judiciary | Tanintharyi Region High Court |
| Area | |
| • Total | 43,344.9 km2 (16,735.6 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5th |
| Highest elevation | 2,072 m (6,798 ft) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 1,408,401 |
| • Rank | 12th |
| • Density | 32/km2 (84/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Tanintharian |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Bamar, Dawei, Rakhine, Kayin, Salone, Malay, Mon, Thai |
| • Religions | Buddhism 87.5% Christianity 7.2% Islam 5.1% Hinduism 0.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+06:30 (MMT) |
| ISO 3166 code | MM-05 |
| HDI (2017) | 0.552 medium · 8th |