About City
Sittwe is the capital of Rakhine State (Burma). is located on an estuarial island created at the confluence of the Kaladan and Lay Mro rivers emptying into the Bay of Bengal The city has 181,000 inhabitants (2006). It is the administrative seat of Sittwe Township and Sittwe District.
Originally a small fishing village, Sittwe became an important seat of maritime commerce, especially as a port for the export of rice after the British occupation of Arakhan, now known as Rakhine State.
Pagoda
- Tha Lone Daw Dat Pagoda
- Ahkyaib-Daw Pagoda
- Lawkananda Pagoda
- U Ray Kyaw Thu Pagoda
Attraction
Central Market
Sittwe View-Point
Sittwe Beach
Buddhist Museum
Kandawgyi Lake
Lay Shan Taung Lighthouse
Shwe Zedi Kyaung
Rakhine State Cultural Museum
U Ottama Park
Rakhine State Cultural Museum
View Point Beach
Fish Market
Hotel
- Hotel Memory
- Shwe Thazin Hotel
- Novel Hotel
- Motel Shwe Myint Mho
- Kiss Guest House
- View Point Guest House
- Sittwe Hotel
- Strand Hotel
- Prince Guest House
- Mya Guest House
