Maungdaw District: Difference between revisions

”’Maungdaw District”’ ({{langx|my|မောင်တောခရိုင်}}) is a [[district]] of [[Rakhine State]] in western [[Myanmar]] (Burma). Its capital city is [[Maungdaw]] and the population density is about 295 persons per square kilometer. Roughly 91 percent of Maungdaw District’s population is Muslim, making it the district with the highest percentage of Muslims in Myanmar. In recent history, many Muslims have fled from this region to neighbouring [[Bangladesh]], mostly as refugees to seek peace and shelter from the [[Burmese military]] mass killings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://themimu.info/Information%20Products/NRS%20snapshot_Jun_2010.pdf |title=Northern Rakhine State, June 2010 |accessdate=2011-07-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621134215/http://www.themimu.info/Information%20Products/NRS%20snapshot_Jun_2010.pdf |archivedate=2011-06-21 }}</ref> Along with parts of neighbouring [[Sittwe District]], Maungdaw District is also informally referred to as [[northern Rakhine State]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Myanmar, Northern Rakhine State |url=http://www.unhcr.org/publications/maps/44103c925/myanmar-northern-rakhine-state.html |website=UNHCR |publisher=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |accessdate=29 June 2018 |language=en|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629074246/http://www.unhcr.org/publications/maps/44103c925/myanmar-northern-rakhine-state.html|archive-date=29 June 2018}}</ref>