About Sittwe
Sittwe is a city in Rakhine, Myanmar with a population of 177,743. It is the 14th largest of the 160 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Myanmar, and the 3,232nd largest worldwide. It lies 341 km from Nay Pyi Taw.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 10
Elevation
5 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Yangon
Coordinates
20.146, 92.898
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 MyanmarClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.