Tanintharyi

Tanintharyi region is located in the Southern part of Myanmar. It is covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the upper Malay peninsula. It borders the Andaman Sea to the west and the Tanintharyi Hills, beyond which lie Thailand, to the east and to the north is the Mon State. Tanintharyi region is surrounded by mountains, islands, beaches, waterfalls, hot springs and historical pagodas. The capital city Tanintharyi region is Dawei (Tavoy). Tanintharyi has three districts which are Dawei, Myeik and Kawthaung. Dawei is a small city, charming, peaceful and green town on the banks of the Dawei river. Dawei is the capital city of the Tanintharyi Region in Southern Myanmar. Dawei is well known for its beautiful white-sand beaches and historic pagodas. Myeik is a small township and it is surrounded by about 800 islands. And also Myeik is island Paradise. The neighboring country is Thailand and Kawthaung is the entry point of Thailand (Ranaung). It is also known as Victoria Point (Ba Yint Naung Statute) and famous for Boat Trips to islands.

Traveling to Tanintharyi to learn about fishery life, gardeners of rubber, oil palm and some seasonal fruits. You can visit colonial buildings, famous historical pagodas, heritages, beaches, islands, waterfalls, hot springs, mountains, pearls production, edible bird’s nests production, weaving of Dawei traditional longyi and Dawei pottery.

The residents of Tanintharyi are Burmese people ( Dawei, Myeik and Moken (Salone) ). The religion of Tanintharyi people are mostly Buddhism and other religions are Christianity, Islam and Hinduism. Buddhism is 87.50%, Christianity is 7.20%, Islam is 5.10% and Hinduism is 0.10%. The cultures of Tanintharyi are ancient traditional culture, folk songs, traditional dance, dialects, Moken Traditional culture. The languages of Tanintharyi are Dawei dialects and Myeik dialects. The population of Tanintharyi is 1,408,401 according to the 2014 Census.

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