Setse

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

| native_name = စက်စဲကမ်းခြေ

| official_name = Setse

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| pushpin_map = Burma

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Burma

| image_skyline = Setse.JPG

| image_map =

| map_caption =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Myanmar

| subdivision_type1 = Division

| subdivision_name1 = Mon State

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Mawlamyine District

| subdivision_type3 = Township

| subdivision_name3 = Thanbyuzayat Township

| unit_pref = metric

| area_total_km2 =

| population =

| population_as_of =

| population_blank1_title = Ethnicities

| population_blank2 = Buddhism

| population_blank2_title = Religions

| population_density_km2 = auto

| coordinates = {{coord|15|57|N|97|38|E|region:MM|display=inline,title}}

| leader_title =

| elevation_ft =

| elevation_m =

| timezone = MST

| utc_offset = +6.30

| website =

| name =

}}

Setse{{GEOnet2|32FA884538673774E0440003BA962ED3|Setse (Approved)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency(Burmese: စက်စဲကမ်းခြေ) is a beach resort on the Gulf of Martaban of the Andaman Sea in Thanbyuzayat Township, of Mon State, in southern Myanmar.Reid, Robert and Grosberg, Michael (2005) Myanmar (Burma) (9th edition) Lonely Planet Publications, Footscray, Victoria, Australia, [https://books.google.com/books?id=MZwU0SNKchoC&pg=PA160 page 160], {{ISBN|1-74059-695-1}} The beach itself is composed of brown sand, is quite wide and about {{convert|5.6|km|sp=us}} long, but the water is often muddy when currents bring down silt from the Salween river which enters the Gulf of Martaban just to the north.Eliot, Joshua (1994) 1995 Thailand & Burma Handbook Trade & Travel Publications, Bath, England, page 586, {{ISBN|0-8442-8981-7}} Setse has been a resort since the 19th century, and still remains popular.Rumpf, Dieter (1988) Thailand, Burma (2nd edition, translated from German by Margaret Heberer) Karto+Grafik, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, page 166, {{ISBN|3-88989-076-8}}

Mawlamyaing University has its Marine Science Laboratory in Setse,{{cite web | url=http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/Perspective/persp1996/7-96/old.htm | title=Mawlamyine: the Old and the New | publisher=Myanmar Perspectives | date=1 July 1996 | author=Thaw Kaung | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106013253/http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/Perspective/persp1996/7-96/old.htm | archive-date=6 January 2009 | df=dmy-all }}; archived as of 6 January 2009 by Internet Archive which studies commercial uses of algae (seaweed), cultured pearl techniques, and produces commercial agar-agar.Ministry of Information Myanmar, facts and figures 2002 Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar, Yangon (Rangoon), Burma, page 45, {{OCLC|50131671}} Agar jellies are commonly used in traditional Myanmar desserts and other Asian culinary.