Kyauktaw

Kyauktaw ကျောက်တော်မြို့
Town
Kyauktaw Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 20°50′38″N 92°58′03″E / 20.843831°N 92.9675958°E / 20.843831; 92.9675958
Country	Myanmar
Division	Rakhine State
District	Sittwe District
Township	Kyauktaw Township
Population
• Religions	Buddhism ဗုဒၶဘာသာ Christianity ခရစ္ယန္ဘာသာ and Hinduism ဟိႏၵဳဘာသာ Islam အစၥလာမ္ဘာသာ
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MMT)

Kyauktaw (Burmese: ကျောက်တော်မြို့ [tɕaʊʔtɔ̀ mjo̰]) is a town in northern Rakhine State, in the westernmost part of Myanmar. The famous Mahamuni Buddha image was originally situated near Kyauktaw, in the ruins of the old city of Dhanyawadi.

The town was captured by the Arakan Army around 12 February 2024 from the Tatmadaw during the Myanmar Civil War.^[1]