Sittwe District


Sittwe District formerly known as Akyab District is a district of Rakhine State, in western Myanmar. Its administrative center Sittwe serves as the capital of Rakhine State.

Administrative divisions

Sittwe District consists of the following townships:
Sittwe District also formerly contained the following townships, which were split off to become Mrauk-U District:

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.