Attractions
- Viewpoint, or more popularly known as Point is perhaps the most well known attraction in Sittwe. It is at the end of the Strand Road and looks out into the Bay of Bengal and the mouth of the Kaladan River.
- The hundred year old Shwe Zedi Kyaung is a famous monastery in Sittwe. It was the monastery of U Ottama, who was the first political monk in Myanmar.
- Pyay-Lone-Chan-Thar Pharagri, the focal point of Sittwe's Buddhist environment, beside Shwe Zedi Kyaung.
- Ahkyaib-daw, is one of the most sacred Buddhist pagodas, believed to have built in the days of Emperor Asoka (r. 269-232 BCE). The pagoda Ahkyaib-daw, meaning maxillary bone, is believed to be built on a foundation encasing a piece of Buddha’s maxillary bone hence its name.
- Rakhine State Cultural Museum, which contains exhibits on Rakhine culture and history.
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