Akyab
Port, 1826–1937
စစ်တွေမြို့
Today Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Same place, renamed.
Key facts
- Historical name
- Akyab
- Type
- Port
- Coordinates
- 20.1444° N, 92.8969° E(seed dataset)
- Governance
- Directly administered
- Record confidence
- High confidence
- Identifiers
- Q738748
Directly administered by the Governor-General of India, and therefore part of British India in the statutory sense of the Interpretation Act 1889, s.18.
Location
Pin placed at the coordinates recorded for this place. Colonial-era boundaries are not drawn.
Description
Chief port of Arakan; the Imperial Gazetteer records that the district's 'head-quarters are at Akyab Town' and notes its large Muslim minority.
Historical notes
Founded by the British after the annexation of Arakan in 1826 and a major rice-exporting port. Now Sittwe.
Administrative history
Administrative parenthood changed over time. Each row states the years it is recorded for, and the source it comes from.
| Years | Relation | Unit | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| from 1901 | Part of | BurmaProvince · Directly administeredSnapshot from the 1901 census and the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31). End of the relationship not established; recorded as open rather than inferred. | High confidencesource |
| from 1901 | Part of | AkyabDistrict · Directly administeredSnapshot from the 1901 census and the Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31). End of the relationship not established; recorded as open rather than inferred. | High confidencesource |
Recorded names
Every documented spelling and transliteration held for this place. The historical name is canonical; modern names redirect to it.
| Name | Script | Type | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akyab | Latin | Historical English | — |
| Akyab | Latin | Alternative spelling | — |
| Akyab Town | Latin | Alternative spelling | — |
| Sittwe | Latin | Modern English | — |
| စစ်တွေမြို့ | Myanmar | Indigenous | — |
Records and references
- Imperial Gazetteer of India
- Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31), Vol. V (5), p. 193
- Census of India
- Census of India, 1901, Vol. XII (12): Burma
Sources
- Encyclopedia· generalCC BY-SA
Wikipedia: Sittwe, Wikimedia Foundation
Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0
Retrieved 2026-08-29
- Database· identityCC0
Wikidata (Q738748), Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata, CC0 1.0
Retrieved 2026-08-29
- Gazetteer· administrativeLicence unverified
Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago — the 1908–31 text is public domain, but DSAL's digital presentation states no licence; link-out only
Retrieved 2026-08-29
- Archive· descriptionPublic domain
Internet Archive scan: in.gov.ignca.31005, Internet Archive
Scanned volume of a pre-1929 publication (Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908–31 / Census of India 1901); public domain. Digitisation courtesy of the Internet Archive.
Retrieved 2026-08-29
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