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Myeik, Myanmar
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<p>Myeik is a rural city in <a href="/facts/Tanintharyi_Region/4gsWloFk">Tanintharyi Region</a>, <a href="/facts/Myanmar/zcqQH2oE">Myanmar</a>, located in the extreme south of the country on the coast off an island on the <a href="/facts/Andaman_Sea/t1Vx7YwE">Andaman Sea</a>. As of 2010<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Myeik,_Myanmar&action=edit">[update]</a>, the estimated population was over 209,000. Myeik is the largest city in Tanintharyi Region, and serves as the regional headquarters of <a href="/facts/Myanmar_Navy/Dp75U10c">Myanmar Navy</a>'s Tanintharyi Regional Command. The area inland from the city is a major <a href="/facts/Smuggling/BdPclLAp">smuggling</a> corridor into <a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Thailand</a>. The <a href="/facts/Singkhon_Pass/gcySlozP">Singkhon Pass</a>, also known as the Maw-daung Pass, has an international cross-border checkpoint. </p>