About Gwa
Gwa is a city in Rakhine, Myanmar with a population of 66,015. It is the 57th largest of the 160 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Myanmar, and the 8,719th largest worldwide. It lies 290 km from Nay Pyi Taw.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#4of 10
Coordinates
17.594, 94.580
Record updated
6 January 2026
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 MyanmarClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.