Tanintharyi Region

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The Tanintharyi Division (until 1989 Tenasserim, Malay tanassari ) is one of the 14 administrative units (division ) in Myanmar ( Burma).

Location and colonization

Tanintharyi forms an elongated forested coastal land in the southeast of the Irrawaddy valley from Lower Burma and is located in the Andaman Sea. To the east, the Tenasserim mountain range rises to 1,600 meters, which forms a natural border with Thailand.

The Tanintharyi Division occupies an area of ​​43,346 km ². With a population of 1,537,000 (January 2005) gives a population density of 35 inhabitants per km ².

The population is made up of members of the ethnic groups of the Bamar, Karen, Mon, Rakhine, Shan and salon.

The largest city is Myeik ( Mergui) with 173 317 inhabitants, followed by capital Tavoy ( 137,000 ). Myeik and Kawthoung (formerly Victoria Point ), located at the southern tip of Tanintharyi Division opposite the Thai town of Ranong, are the starting point for the tourism in the islands of the Mergui Archipelago in the Andaman Sea.

Major rivers are Dawei, Tanintharyi and Lenya.

Economy

  • Wood industry ( teak forests )
  • Palm oil production
  • Natural gas production

History

Throughout history the coastal region most listened to Burma, but was also part of the Thai kingdoms of Sukhothai ( under Ramkhamhaeng ) and Ayutthaya. King Ramathibodi I. allowed the Portuguese in the early 16th century, a trading post in Tenasserim. It was only in 1759 Tenasserim was recovered by King Alaungpaya for Burma.

1826 had to cede to the British the Burmese Tenasserim in the Treaty of Yandabu; the division was incorporated into the Indobritische Empire. It included his time six districts: Amherst, Tavoy, Mergui, Taungu, Schwegjin and Salween, together about 120,000 square kilometers and nearly 1 million inhabitants (as of 1891). 1930-1932 in the region were the focus of the Saya San rebellion.

With the independence of Burma in 1948, the North East Tenasserims became a separate territory of Karen and since 1989 Kayin State is called. 1974 had Tenasserim also the North West in favor of a separate State of Mon cede and thus also lost his previous capital Mawlamyaing. The capital of Tenasserim has since Dawei ( Tavoy since 1989 ).

Since the independence of Burma's Tenasserim is no longer accessible.

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