Dawei

Summary

Dawei is a city^[1]. Dawei draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #682 of 5,534).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dawei is located in Dawei Township^[3].
• Dawei is in the country of Myanmar^[4].
• Dawei's image is recorded as Dawei 13.jpg^[5].
• Dawei's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Dawei's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Dawei's instance of is recorded as town in Myanmar^[8].
• Dawei's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158617603^[9].
• Dawei's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2003075042^[10].
• Dawei's Commons category is recorded as Dawei^[11].
• Dawei's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+06:30^[12].
• Dawei's local dialing code is recorded as 59^[13].
• +1751-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dawei^[14].
• Dawei's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 14.036727777778, 'lon': 98.186727777778}^[15].
• Dawei's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03jfxh^[16].
• Dawei's page banner is recorded as Dawei Banner for Wikivoyage.jpg^[17].
• Dawei's population is recorded as {'amount': '+139900'}^[18].
• Dawei's population is recorded as {'amount': '+146964'}^[19].
• Dawei's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Dawei's described by source is recorded as History of Ming^[21].
• Dawei's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[22].
• Dawei's capital of is recorded as Tanintharyi Region^[23].
• Dawei's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Tavoy^[24].
• Dawei's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'my', 'text': 'ထားဝယ်'}^[25].
• Dawei's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1293625^[26].
• Dawei's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'my', 'text': 'ထားဝယ်'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Dawei is in the country of Myanmar^[4]. Dawei is located in Dawei Township^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Dawei's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+13'}^[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+139900'}^[18] and {'amount': '+146964'}^[19].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[6], big city^[7], and town in Myanmar^[8].

History and Context

+1751-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Dawei^[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Dawei include Dawei Airport^[29], an airport^[30], in Myanmar^[31].

Why It Matters

Dawei draws 74 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #682 of 5,534).^[2] Dawei has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Dawei is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Dawei include Dawei Airport^[29], an airport^[30], in Myanmar^[31].