Myeik
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/25039
- Note
- "Myeik (Burmese: မြိတ်; MLCTS: mrit, pronounced [mjeɪʔ] or [beɪʔ]; Mon: ဗိက်, [pòik]; Thai: มะริด, RTGS: Marit,  [má(ʔ).rít]; formerly Mergui, /mɜːrˈɡwiː/), is a city in Tanintharyi Region in Myanmar (Burma), located in the extreme south of the country on the coast of an island on the Andaman Sea. As of 2010[update] the estimated population was over 209,000. The area inland from the city is a major smuggling corridor into Thailand. The Singkhon Pass, also known as the Maw-daung Pass, has an international cross-border checkpoint." - (en.wikipedia.org 27.09.2019)
- Latitude
- 12.439444541931
- Longitude
- 98.600280761719
- Inhabitants
- 173,298
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