Ann, Myanmar
town in Myanmar
Ann (Burmese: အမ်းမြို့) is a town in Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). It has a population of 119,714 and is served by Ann Airport. It hosts the general headquarters of the Myanmar Army's Western Command.
History
The Town was founded by King Min Hti around early 14th century. Starting on 26 September 2024, the town has been the site of the Battle of Ann between the Arakan Army and Myanmar's ruling military junta.
“Ann, Myanmar” enters the record as town in Myanmar. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Myanmar and town can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Ann, Myanmar” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Myanmar and town provides the most credible route into that argument.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4766164. Authority coordinates are 19.783, 94.033. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2024.
Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Ann, Myanmar”, its source revision and the description used here.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Ann, Myanmar” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.