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Mrauk U
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archaeologically and culturally important town in Rakhine State, Myanmar
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The entry is geolocated on the map in MM.
Within Vinony's link graph, Mrauk U is referenced by 422 other articles, and connects out to Kingdom of Mrauk U, Ratana-pon and Rakhine.
Vinony files it under 1430 establishments in Asia, Buddhist temples in Myanmar and Kaladan River.
Its subject is documented across 23 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- မြောက်ဦးမြို့
- Region
- ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 36,139
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Division
- Rakhine State
- District
- Mrauk-U District
- Township
- Mrauk-U Township
- Control
- Arakan Army
- Settled
- 16 November 1430
- Total
- 36,139
- Ethnicities
- Rakhine (majority)
- Religions
- Theravada Buddhism (majority); Muslim ; Hinduism and Catholic minorities
- Time zone
- UTC+6.30 ( MMT )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Located in
- Mrauk-U Township
- Time zone
- UTC+06:30
- Capital of
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Image
- MysticalMraukU.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mrauk U
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- P12749
- 1432
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Encyclopedic overview
Mrauk U (/məˈraʊuː, ˈmraʊuː/ mə-ROW-oo, MROW-oo) is a town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is the capital of Mrauk-U Township, a subregion of the Mrauk-U District.
Mrauk U is culturally significant for the local Rakhine (Arakanese) people and is the location of many important archeological sites. From 1430 until 1785, it was the capital of the Mrauk U Kingdom, the largest and most powerful Rakhine kingdom in history.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mrauk U” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.