Western Myanmar - Myanmar (Burma) - page 587

2 Fruit Bat Trees B3
3 Jama Mosque C3
4 Rakhine State Cultural Museum C3
5 Rice Market D2
6 Shwezedi Kyaung A1
Sleeping
7 Mya Guest House B4
8 Noble Hotel B3
9 Prince Guest House C1
10 Shwe Thazin Hotel B4
Eating
11 Aung C3
12 Móun·di Stand A4
Mya Teahouse (see 7)
13 River Valley Seafoods Restaurant C4
8 Transport
14 Air Bagan C2
15 Air KBZ B1
16 Air Mandalay B1
17 Shwe Pyi Tan C1
History
Prior to the Burmese invasion of the Mrauk U kingdom in 1784, there was little more
than a village here. Fifty years later, Sittwe's economy underwent a boom when British
forces took over during the First Anglo- Burmese War. The British moved the state capit-
al here from Mrauk U and named the place Akyab after the nearby Akyattaw Ridge.
Incoming wealth from cargo trade with Calcutta fuelled the construction of some fine
colonial mansions, but much of the grace was lost under heavy WWII fighting between
the British and Japanese forces.