Ahmar, Myanmar

Ahmar အမာမြို့
Town
Ahmar Location within Myanmar
Coordinates: 15°48′N 95°17′E
Country	Myanmar
State	Ayeyarwady Region
District	Pyapon District
Township	Pyapon Township
Subtownship	Ahmar Subtownship
Area
• Total	1.08 sq mi (2.79 km^2)
Population  (2019)[1]	3,859
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (Myanmar Standard Time)

Ahmar (Burmese: အမာမြို့) is a town in Pyapon Township, Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar near the Andaman Sea coast. It is located within Ahmar Subtownship, an unofficial designation used for statistical and administrative ease.[1] It is located near the Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary.

Most people within this rural community are poor, earning only about one US dollar a day from agriculture, nipa palm harvesting or fishing.[2]

References

1. Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Pyapon Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ဖျာပုံမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Pyapon Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
2. Myint Thida; Nwe Yin Min; Khin Myat Myat Mon; Nyi Nyi Aung (2019). "Rural Economy and Poverty in the Myanmar Delta: A case Study of Ahmar Sub-township, Ayeyarwady Region". In James, H. (ed.). Population, Development and the Environment. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 411–426. doi:10.1007/978-981-13-2101-6_24. ISBN 978-981-13-2100-9. S2CID 239265968.