Myeik is a rural city in Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar, located in the extreme south of the country on the coast off an island on the Andaman Sea. As of 2010, the estimated population was over 209,000. Myeik is the largest city in Tanintharyi Region, and serves as the regional headquarters of Myanmar Navy's Tanintharyi Regional Command. The area inland from the city is a major smuggling corridor into Thailand. The Singkhon Pass, also known as the Maw-daung Pass, has an international cross-border checkpoint.
Myeik, Myanmar
Petition to the British Governor of Burma from the people of Myeik. Letter in formal Burmese, printed in silk and encased in an oyster shell, ca. 1907. British Library
Clock Tower
Port of Myeik
The Mon language is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon people. Mon, like the related Khmer language, but unlike most languages in mainland Southeast Asia, is not tonal. The Mon language is a recognised indigenous language in Myanmar as well as a recognised indigenous language of Thailand.
Mon language
The Mon Myazedi Inscription (AD 1113) is Myanmar's oldest surviving stone inscription.
Thai Mon and Thai scripts on a sign in Wat Muang, Thailand.
Thai Mon and Thai scripts on a sign in Wat Muang, Thailand.