Myeik, Myanmar

Myeik was the southernmost part of the Pagan Kingdom from the 11th to 13th centuries. After the Pagan Empire's collapse in 1287, Myeik became part of successive Thai kingdoms from the late 13th century to the middle of 18th century: first the Sukhothai Kingdom and later the Ayutthaya Kingdom. A brief period of Burmese rule interrupted this between 1564 and 1593.

From the 16th century on, the city was an important seaport and trading center with the Europeans, who would land at Mergui, travel upriver to Tenasserim and then cross the mountains to reach Ayutthaya. The French officer Chevalier de Beauregard was made Governor of the city of Myeik after the Anglo-Siamese War (1687) that resulted in the English being expelled from Siam.{{sfn|Smithies|2002|p=99}} De Beauregard was named Governor by Narai, the king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, replacing an Englishman, Samuel White.{{sfn|Anderson|1890|p=365}} The French were then expelled from Myeik following the Siamese revolution of 1688.

The Burmese captured Myeik in 1765 as part of an invasion that would ultimately topple the Ayutthaya Kingdom in 1767. In 1826, the Burmese ceded the region to the British after the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826).

In the Pacific Theater of World War II, Imperial Japanese forces used laborers to hastily construct the Mergui Road to aid their retreat after the rail tracks were destroyed by Allied bombings.File:မြိတ်မြို့ 2.jpg

Myeik has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am) that is hot throughout the year. After a short dry season centred on December and January, there is a long wet season from mid-March to mid-November. Heavy rainfall usually occurs from May to September.

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|location = Myeik (1991–2020, extremes 1934-1994)

|metric first = Y

|single line = Y

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|Jan record high C = 35.0

|Feb record high C = 36.1

|Mar record high C = 37.2

|Apr record high C = 39.2

|May record high C = 36.7

|Jun record high C = 36.7

|Jul record high C = 33.9

|Aug record high C = 33.9

|Sep record high C = 32.8

|Oct record high C = 35.6

|Nov record high C = 34.4

|Dec record high C = 36.1

|year record high C = 39.2

|Jan record low C = 11.7

|Feb record low C = 15.6

|Mar record low C = 16.1

|Apr record low C = 18.9

|May record low C = 19.4

|Jun record low C = 19.4

|Jul record low C = 18.9

|Aug record low C = 18.9

|Sep record low C = 18.9

|Oct record low C = 17.2

|Nov record low C = 15.0

|Dec record low C = 12.8

|year record low C = 11.7

|Jan high C = 32.2

|Feb high C = 33.0

|Mar high C = 33.7

|Apr high C = 34.3

|May high C = 32.4

|Jun high C = 30.6

|Jul high C = 29.8

|Aug high C = 29.4

|Sep high C = 29.9

|Oct high C = 31.5

|Nov high C = 32.5

|Dec high C = 32.1

| year high C = 31.8

|Jan mean C = 27.1

|Feb mean C = 27.9

|Mar mean C = 28.9

|Apr mean C = 29.6

|May mean C = 28.6

|Jun mean C = 27.4

|Jul mean C = 26.8

|Aug mean C = 26.6

|Sep mean C = 26.8

|Oct mean C = 27.7

|Nov mean C = 27.9

|Dec mean C = 27.1

| year mean C = 27.7

|Jan low C = 22.0

|Feb low C = 22.8

|Mar low C = 24.0

|Apr low C = 25.0

|May low C = 24.9

|Jun low C = 24.3

|Jul low C = 23.9

|Aug low C = 23.8

|Sep low C = 23.7

|Oct low C = 23.8

|Nov low C = 23.3

|Dec low C = 22.1

| year low C = 23.6

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 37.5

|Feb precipitation mm = 43.7

|Mar precipitation mm = 64.7

|Apr precipitation mm = 123.9

|May precipitation mm = 448.0

|Jun precipitation mm = 706.9

|Jul precipitation mm = 836.0

|Aug precipitation mm = 876.4

|Sep precipitation mm = 635.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 333.0

|Nov precipitation mm = 59.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 23.0

| year precipitation mm = 4188.1

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 2.4

|Feb precipitation days = 3.3

|Mar precipitation days = 5.7

|Apr precipitation days = 8.4

|May precipitation days = 20.7

|Jun precipitation days = 25.6

|Jul precipitation days = 27.4

|Aug precipitation days = 27.3

|Sep precipitation days = 25.1

|Oct precipitation days = 20.1

|Nov precipitation days = 5.9

|Dec precipitation days = 1.9

|year precipitation days = 173.9

|Jan humidity = 72

|Feb humidity = 72

|Mar humidity = 72

|Apr humidity = 72

|May humidity = 82

|Jun humidity = 88

|Jul humidity = 90

|Aug humidity = 90

|Sep humidity = 89

|Oct humidity = 83

|Nov humidity = 76

|Dec humidity = 72

|year humidity =

|source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web

| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Myanmar/CSV/Myeik_48110.csv

| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020

| publisher = World Meteorological Organization

| access-date = 16 October 2023}}

|source 2 = Sistema de Clasificación Bioclimática Mundial (records),

{{cite web

| url = http://www.globalbioclimatics.org/pdf/my-mergu.pdf

| title = Mergui (Myanmar)

| publisher = Centro de Investigaciones}} Danish Meteorological Institute (humidity 1931–1960){{cite web | last1 = Cappelen | first1 = John | last2 = Jensen | first2 = Jens | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130427173827/http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/tr01-17.pdf | archive-date = 27 April 2013 | url = http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/tr01-17.pdf | work = Climate Data for Selected Stations (1931-1960) | title = Myanmar - Mergui | page = 188 | publisher = Danish Meteorological Institute | language = da | access-date = 14 October 2019}}

|date=January 2013

}}

The inhabitants of the city are descended from many ethnic groups, including Burman, Burmese Indian, Burmese Chinese, Karen, Mon, and Moken. They speak a dialect of the Burmese language known as the Myeik dialect. According to the 2014 census, Myeik has a total population of 284,498.{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/myanmar-admin.php?adm1id=0602|title=Myeik (District, Myanmar) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location|website=www.citypopulation.de|language=en|access-date=2017-10-24}}

Myeik is home to notable several Burmese pagodas, the largest of which is the Theindawgyi Pagoda and Paw Daw Mu Pagoda is famous too.{{Cite web|title=Myeik Archipelago - Myeik Archipelago|url=https://myanmar.gov.mm/en/-/inl-1|website=myanmar.gov.mm|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-27}}

File:Mergui Port.JPG

The population is primarily engaged in resource extraction industries like fishing, the production of natural rubber and coconuts, the collection of edible bird's nests, and pearl farming. Seafood products like dried fish, dried prawn and ngapi (shrimp paste) are other industries. Myeik is a gateway to the 800 offshore islands of the Mergui Archipelago, which are developing a tourist trade. Tourism in the area is currently restricted to cruises, as land based accommodations are currently non-existent on the islands.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

• Myeik University
• Computer University, Myeik
• Technological University, Myeik

• No. 1 Basic Education High School (12.445042, 98.602304)
• No. 2 Basic Education High School (12.436227, 98.602957)
• No. 3 Basic Education High School (12.440027, 98.598910)

• Myint Mo Private High School, Myeik (12.459688, 98.608594)
• Kan Zun Ahin Private High School, Myeik (12.443771, 98.612354)
• Tun Tauk Kyal Private High School, Myeik
• The International Private High School, Myeik

• ILBC IGCSE & Preschool (Myeik)

• Myeik Public Hospital (12.462990, 98.611030)
• Myeik Traditional Medicine Hospital (12.453778, 98.602115)
• Thidagu Jīvita Cakkhudāna Hospital (12.454647, 98.605493)

• Myint Mo Hospital
• Datkhina Dipar Hospital
• Shwe Tara Phu Hospital
• Royal Hospital

• Myeik Police Station (12.437512, 98.598449)

• Htay Myint
• Lwin Moe
• Ngwe Gaing
• Paing Takhon

• Myeik Airport

{{reflist}}

{{Wikivoyage|Myeik}}

• {{Cite book|first=John|last=Anderson|title=English Intercourse with Siam in the Seventeenth Century |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3M82RmDjC0C&pg=PA365 |year=1890 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-24548-7}}
• Pardieu, Vincent (December 2007) [https://web.archive.org/web/20081004061546/http://www.fieldgemology.org/Gemology%20burma%20myanmar%20mergui%20pearl%20south%20sea.php "South Sea Cultured Pearls From Mergui, Burma (Myanmar)"]
• {{Cite book |editor-last=Smithies |editor-first=Michael |translator=Michael Smithies |title=Three Military Accounts of the 1688 "Revolution" in Siam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MQdvAAAAMAAJ |year=2002 |location=Bangkok |publisher=Orchid Press |isbn=978-974-524-005-6}}

• [http://www.myeik-walking-tour.com/ Myeik Walking Tour - a free, bilingual guide to Myeik's architecture and history]

{{Most populous cities in Myanmar}}

Category:Populated places in Tanintharyi Region

Category:Township capitals of Myanmar

Category:Myeik Township