Kyar Ma Thauk
Kyar Ma Thauk
ကျားမသောက် | |
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  Kyar Ma Thauk Location in Myanmar (Burma) | |
| Coordinates: 20°10′27″N 92°53′40″E / 20.1743°N 92.8944°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Division | Rakhine State |
| District | Sittwe District |
| Township | Sittwe Township |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MMT) |
Kyar Ma Thauk (Burmese: ကျားမသောက်) is a village located in Sittwe Township, Rakhine State, Myanmar. The village is close to near the junta's Sittwe Regional Operations Command.[1] As of 2022, the village was recorded to have 260 household. About 18% of the Kyar Ma Thauk River in compared to other rivers in Sittwe is in use.[2]
The area is a hand-weaving industry, where the Shwe Kyar weaving workshop in the village has over 120 looms, but as of 2022, it is running with only fraction of it.[3][4]
During the Myanmar civil war, clashing has occurred between Arakan Army and Myanmar military. On 27 December 2024, fighting had occurred after AA fired five rounds of mortar shells into junta military base checkpoint in the village.[5][6] During the battle of Sittwe, AA has launched attacks to capture the regional command headquarters in the village.[7][8]
References
- ↑ Thit, Lin (2026-06-02). "Arakan Army Surrounds Myanmar's Western Naval Bases, Sparking Intense Battles". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
- ↑ "A STUDY ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF FISHERMEN (Case Study: Selected Villages in Sittwe Township, Rakhine State)" (PDF). Yangon University Of Economics. September 2022.
- ↑ "Weaving businesses in Arakan State suffer from soaring raw materials prices". Burma News International. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
- ↑ "Instability Again Tests Arakan State's Traditional Weaving Industry". Development Media Group. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
- ↑ "AA attacks junta checkpoint in Sittwe Twsp". Development Media Group. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
- ↑ Zue, Kay (2024-12-27). "စစ်တွေ ဒကစ တပ်နယ်ထဲက ကျားမသောက်စစ်ဆေးရေးဂိတ်ကို AA ဝင်တိုက်". Laywaddy FM. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
- ↑ လင်းသစ် (2026-01-24). "AA ထိုးစစ်ခုခံနေချိန် စစ်တွေ၌ နှစ် ၂၀၀ပြည့် ပွဲကျင်းပ". ဧရာဝတီ. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
- ↑ "စစ်တွေမြို့ပြင်တွင်တိုက်ပွဲပြင်းထန်နေချိန်၌ စစ်ကောင်စီမှ ပေါက်တောမြို့နယ်ကို လေကြောင်းမှဗုံးကြဲ". burmese.narinjara.com (in Burmese). Retrieved 2026-06-10.