Dawei (Burmese: ထားဝယ္‌မ္ရုိ့; MLCTS: hta: wai mrui.; formerly known as Tavoy), is a city in southeastern Myanmar and is capital of Tanintharyi Division, situated about 614.3 km south of Yangon on the northern bank of the Dawei River. Population (2004 estimate) 139 900. It is situated at 14.09°N 98.20°E. Dawai is a port at the head of the Dawei River estuary, 30 km. from the Andaman Sea. This article or section uses Burmese characters which may be rendered incorrectly. ... Tanintharyi, better known by the old name Tenasserim, is a division of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the Kra Isthmus. ... The Andaman Sea is a body of water to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Myanmar and west of Thailand; it is part of the Indian Ocean. ...

History

The area around the Dawai River estuary has been inhabited for centuries by Mon, Kayin and Thai mariners. The present city was established in 1751 as a minor port for the Thai Ayuthaya empire. Over the years, control alternated back and forth from Siam to Burma, until the British annexation of the region after the First Anglo-Burmese War of 1826. Only recently connected to the rest of Myanmar by road and rail, Dawei has recently before the center of controversy over a massive natural gas pipeline project between Myanmar and Thailand's Gulf of Martaban. The Mon are an ethnic group in Southeast Asia. ... Ayutthaya (also spelled Ayudhya or Ayuthia) refers to The old capital of Thailand, see Ayutthaya (city) The province around the city, Ayutthaya province The ruins of the old palace, see Ayutthaya historical park Ayutthaya kingdom as the period of Thai history (1365-1768) in which Ayutthaya was capital This is... For the country formerly called Siam see Thailand SIAM is an acronym for Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. ... The First Anglo-Burmese War lasted from 1823 to 1826. ... Natural gas is commonly referred to as gas. ... The Andaman Sea is a body of water to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Myanmar and west of Thailand; it is part of the Indian Ocean. ...

Local products

Dawei longyi (sarong) is a famous local product.^[1] The area produces rubber, dried fish and teakwood. It also produces cashew nuts and betel nuts and exported them through local traders to China, India and Thailand. Dawei is also well known for its variety of tropical fruits such as pineapples, a variety of mangoes, mangosteens, and durian (also known as the "King of Fruits"). There is one fruit call "Zin Thi" (in Dawei language) which can only be found in Dawei and surrounding areas, it is sweet with a touch of sour. Longyi is a sheet of cloth. ... A village chief in Thailand relaxes in the early evening. ... Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky colloidal suspension (known as latex) in the sap of several varieties of plants. ... Species Tectona grandis Tectona hamiltoniana Tectona philippinensis Teak (Tectona), also called jati is a genus of tropical hardwood trees in the family Verbenaceae, native to the south and southeast of Asia, and is commonly found as a component of monsoon forest vegetation. ... Binomial name Anacardium occidentale L. The Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) is a tree in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. ... Binomial name Areca catechu Linnaeus Areca nut, or pinang, more commonly known as betel nut, is the seed of the betel palm or Areca catechu, a species of palm tree which grows throughout the Pacific, Asia, and parts of east Africa. ... Binomial name Ananas comosus The Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant and its fruit, native to Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. ... This article is about the fruit. ... Species There are currently 30 recognised species (see text) The durian (IPA: ) is the fruit of trees belonging to the genus Durio. ...

Language

Dawei also has its own language although the Myanmar people will recognize it only as a dialect since its written script has been lost over the years.

Attractions

The scenic Maungmagan Beach is approximately 45-minutes drive away from Dawei. There are also a number of hot water springs around the outskirts, about one to a few hours drive from Dawei. There is one quite close to Maungmagan (on the way to Maungmagan from Dawei).

The largest reclining Buddha in Myanmar is in Dawei (about 30 minutes drive from Dawei).

References

1. ^ Dawei Traditional Longyi Weaving Art inc. video.

External Links

India to conduct a feasibility study on building a deep-sea port at Dawei

Coordinates: 14°05′N 98°12′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...