{"id":372885,"date":"2026-09-29T17:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=372885"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T12:07:33","slug":"rakhine-state-of-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rakhine-state-of-myanmar\/","title":{"rendered":"Rakhine State of Myanmar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> A Myanmar military air strike near a market in rebel-held Rakhine State killed at least 49 people and injured 58 others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Rakhine State of Myanmar<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_372895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372895\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-372895\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Al-Jazeera.jpg?resize=300%2C192&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rakhine State of Myanmar\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Al-Jazeera.jpg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Source-Al-Jazeera.jpg?w=745&amp;ssl=1 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-372895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Al Jazeera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> It is located\u00a0in <strong data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"222\">southwestern Myanmar<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bordered by:<\/strong> It is <strong>bordered by Chin State to the north<\/strong>, other <strong>Myanmar regions to the east,<\/strong> the <strong>Bay of Bengal to the west<\/strong>, and <strong>Bangladesh to the northwest.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital:<\/strong> Sittwe is the <strong>capital of Rakhine State<\/strong>, <strong>formerly known as Akyab.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Geographical Features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"231\"><strong data-start=\"127\" data-end=\"138\">Extent:<\/strong> Rakhine State stretches from the <strong data-start=\"172\" data-end=\"230\">Naf estuary in the north to the Gwa River in the south<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"232\" data-end=\"344\"><strong data-start=\"234\" data-end=\"250\">Arakan Yoma:<\/strong> The <strong data-start=\"255\" data-end=\"270\">Arakan Yoma<\/strong> forms its <em>eastern boundary<\/em> and <strong>partly separates it from southern Myanmar.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"345\" data-end=\"484\"><strong data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"369\">Coast and islands:<\/strong> It has a <strong>long, narrow coastline<\/strong> along the <strong data-start=\"412\" data-end=\"429\">Bay of Bengal<\/strong>, with offshore islands such as <strong data-start=\"461\" data-end=\"483\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Cheduba and Ramree<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"485\" data-end=\"580\" data-is-last-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"487\" data-end=\"498\">Rivers:<\/strong> Its principal rivers include the <strong data-start=\"532\" data-end=\"572\">Naf estuary, Mayu, Kaladan and Lemro<\/strong> rivers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A Myanmar military air strike near a market in rebel-held Rakhine State killed at least 49 people and injured 58 others. About Rakhine State of Myanmar Location: It is located\u00a0in southwestern Myanmar. Bordered by: It is bordered by Chin State to the north, other Myanmar regions to the east, the Bay of Bengal to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rakhine-state-of-myanmar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rakhine State of Myanmar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-372885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}