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Dawei

Tanintharyi Region · Myanmar
City population
136,783
#21
in Myanmar
#2
in Tanintharyi Region
#4,165
worldwide
Nay Pyi TawDawei
14.082, 98.192 · 667 km from Nay Pyi Taw
City population
136,783
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Myanmar
#21
of 160 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#4,165
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Myanmar
0.2%
of the national population

About Dawei

Dawei is a city in Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar with a population of 136,783. It is the 21st largest of the 160 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Myanmar, and the 4,165th largest worldwide. It lies 667 km from Nay Pyi Taw.

Position in Myanmar
#21of 160
LargestSmallest
Position in Tanintharyi Region
#2of 3
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Region
Tanintharyi Region
Rank in region
#2of 3
Distance to capital
to Nay Pyi Taw
Elevation
17 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Yangon
Coordinates
14.082, 98.192
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 160 in Myanmar

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

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