Arakan
Arakan
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| Subdivision of:
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Batavian Kingdom
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| Cities:
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| Capital:
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Akyab
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| Other:
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Maung-U
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| Languages:
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| Official:
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Dutch, Rakhine
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| Others:
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Bamar and others
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| Head of state:
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Queen Béatrice d'Orange
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| Governor-general:
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...
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| Prime minister:
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...
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| Area:
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36,762 km²
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| Population:
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2,700,000 inhabitants
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| Established:
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1660, as a Batavian Colony
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History
In the 17th century, the Kingdom of Arakan allowed the Batavians to establish a small trade colony in Akyab. This enclave was a tributary state paying annual tributes to Arakan. In 1784, Arakan itself was conquered by the Burmese, and the Batavian enclave became a tributary of Burma instead. In the 1820s, Burma lost the war against Martaban (a Scandinavian enclave) and Sajám. It had to cede Lá²n̷n̷á Đaij and Tenasserim to Sajám and Monland to Martaban. When Tenasserim was awarded to Monland as a tributary state of Sajám, Burma responded by awarding Arakan to the Batavian enclave in Arakan itself. Today, Arakan is still a territory of the Batavian Kingdom paying annual tributes to Burma.
Geography
Arakan is limited by:
North: Ban̊gál
West: Indian Ocean
South & East: Burma
