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Dawei (Tavoy)
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Capital of Tanintharyi Division is the southern most
administrative region in the country. Adjacent to Mon State
to the north and Thailand to the east. Tanintharyi Division
occupies a long narrow coastal plain bounded by the Andaman
Sea in the east, which runs to Kawthaung, the most southerly
point of Myanmar and which then continues to the Malaya
Peninsula. The coast is dotted with islands including the
Heinze group, the Maung-Magan group and the Mergui or Mergui
Archipelago, which comprises more than 800 beautiful and
attractive islands. A port of medium importance and tropical
seaside town, 384 miles south of Yangon. The Maungmagan
beach is now being developed and upgraded is just 8 miles
northwest and is famous for delicious seafood. Native speak
Myanmar language but with a strong dialect, which is similar
to Mergui. The most venerated pagodas are the Shin Motehti
Pagoda, a few miles south of the town, Shin Datweh Pagoda in
the north and Shin Maw Pagoda on the Dawei promontory. A
243-foot long reclining Buddha image occupies the Lawka
Tharaphu Pagoda. In the 18th Century a group of Dawei people
known as Inthas or Sons of the Lake, migrated to Inle to
avoid the continual conflicts between the Myanmar and Thais.
Thus the Inthas were appear in Inle Lake in the southern
Shan State.
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