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The Bay of Bengal , the largest bay in the ___MASK25___ , forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean . Roughly triangular , it is bordered mostly by ___MASK4___ and Sri Lanka to the west , Bangladesh to the north , and ___MASK93___ ( Burma ) and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( ___MASK4___ ) to the east . Earth , otherwise known as the ___MASK25___ , is the third planet from the Sun and the only object in the Universe known to harbor life . It is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest of the four terrestrial planets . Mizoram is one of the states of Northeast ___MASK4___ , with Aizawl as its capital city . The name is derived from " Mi " ( people ), " Zo " ( lofty place , such as a hill ) and " Ram " ( land ), and thus Mizoram implies " land of the hill people ". In the northeast , it is the southern most landlocked state sharing borders with three of the Seven , now with the addition of Sikkim , Eight sister states , namely Tripura , ___MASK44___ , Manipur . The state also shares a 722 kilometre border with the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and ___MASK93___ . Manipur is a state in northeastern ___MASK4___ , with the city of Imphal as its capital . Manipur is sometimes called alternative names such as Kangleipak or Sanaleibak . It is bounded by Nagaland to the north , Mizoram to the south , and ___MASK44___ to the west ; Burma ( ___MASK93___ ) lies to its east . The state covers an area of and has a population of almost 3 million , including the Meetei , Kuki , Naga , and Pangal peoples , who speak Sino - Tibetan languages . Manipur has been at the crossroads of Asian economic and cultural exchange for more than 2 , 500 years . It has long connected the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia , enabling migration of people , cultures and religions . ___MASK93___ , officially the Republic of the Union of ___MASK93___ and also known as Burma , is a sovereign state in South East Asia bordered by Bangladesh , India , China , Laos and Thailand . About one third of ___MASK93___ ' s total perimeter of 5 , 876 km ( 3 , 651 miles ), forms an uninterrupted coastline of 1 , 930 km ( 1 , 200 miles ) along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea . The country ' s 2014 census revealed a much lower population than expected , with 51 million people recorded . ___MASK93___ is 676 , 578 square kilometres ( 261 , 227 sq mi ) in size . Its capital city is Naypyidaw and its largest city is Yangon ( Rangoon ). The Southern Ocean , also known as the ___MASK17___ Ocean or the Austral Ocean , comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean , generally taken to be south of 60 ° S latitude and encircling ___MASK11___ . As such , it is regarded as the fourth - largest of the five principal oceanic divisions : smaller than the Pacific , Atlantic , and Indian Oceans but larger than the Arctic Ocean . This ocean zone is where cold , northward flowing waters from the ___MASK17___ mix with warmer subantarctic waters . The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the ___MASK25___ ' s oceanic divisions , covering ( approximately 20 % of the water on the Earth ' s surface ). It is bounded by Asia on the north , on the west by Africa , on the east by ___MASK9___ , and on the south by the Southern Ocean or , depending on definition , by ___MASK11___ . It is named after the country of India . The Indian Ocean is known as " Ratnkara ", "" the mine of gems "" in ancient Sanskrit literature , and as " Hind Mahsgar ", "" the great Indian sea "", in Hindi . ___MASK11___ ( US English , UK English or ) is Earth ' s southernmost continent . It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere , almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle , and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean . At , it is the fifth - largest continent . For comparison , ___MASK11___ is nearly twice the size of Australia . About 98 % of ___MASK11___ is covered by ice that averages in thickness , which extends to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula . ___MASK9___ , officially the Commonwealth of ___MASK9___ , is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . It is the world ' s sixth - largest country by total area . The neighbouring countries are ___MASK42___ , ___MASK35___ and East Timor to the north ; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north - east ; and New Zealand to the south - east . ___MASK9___ ' s capital is Canberra , and its largest urban area is Sydney . ___MASK91___ ( , " The country of Bengal "), officially the People ' s Republic of ___MASK91___ (                  " Gônôprôjatôntri ___MASK91___ "), is a country in South Asia . It shares land borders with ___MASK4___ and ___MASK93___ ( Burma ). Nepal , Bhutan and China are located near ___MASK91___ but do not share a border with it . The country ' s maritime territory in the Bay of Bengal is roughly equal to the size of its land area . ___MASK91___ is the world ' s eighth most populous country . Dhaka is its capital and largest city , followed by Chittagong which has the country ' s largest port . The Lemro ( Burmese :         , Burmese pronunciation : ( lémjo  mj ) ) is a river of Burma flowing through Chin State and Rakhine State . It flows into the Indian Ocean east of Sittwe . Between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries , small walled settlements were built by the Arakanese people along the river bank . The Lemro valley is noted for its rock art from these settlers . The Arakan Mountains ( Arakan Range , Rakhine Range , Rakhine Yoma , Arakan Yoma , Rakhine Roma , Arakan Roma ) is a mountain range in western Burma ( ___MASK93___ ), between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Burma Basin , in which flows the Irrawaddy River . It is the most prominent of a series of parallel ridges that arc through Assam , Nagaland , Mizoram and Burma . The Arakan Mountains run from Cape Negrais in the south in to the Manipur State of India in the north . They include the Naga Hills , the Chin Hills , and the Patkai range which includes the Lushai Hills . These mountains are submerged in the Bay of Bengal for a sufficiently long stretch and emerges again in the form of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands . An ocean ( the sea of classical antiquity ) is a body of saline water that composes much of a planet ' s hydrosphere . On Earth , an ocean is one of the major conventional divisions of the ___MASK25___ Ocean , which covers almost 71 % of its surface . These are , in descending order by area , the Pacific , Atlantic , Indian , Southern ( ___MASK17___ ), and Arctic Oceans . The word " sea " is often used interchangeably with " ocean " in American English but , strictly speaking , a sea is a body of saline water ( generally a division of the world ocean ) partly or fully enclosed by land . Africa is the ___MASK25___ ' s second - largest and second - most - populous continent . At about 30 . 3 million km² ( 11 . 7 million square miles ) including adjacent islands , it covers 6 % of Earth ' s total surface area and 20 . 4 % of its total land area . With 1 . 1 billion people as of 2013 , it accounts for about 15 % of the ___MASK25___ ' s human population . The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north , both the Suez Canal and the Red Sea along the Sinai Peninsula to the northeast , the Indian Ocean to the southeast , and the ___MASK92___ to the west . The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos . It contains 54 fully recognized sovereign states ( countries ), nine territories and two " de facto " independent states with limited or no recognition . Sittwe Township ) is a township of Sittwe District in the Rakhine State of ___MASK93___ . The principal town is Sittwe . Modern Standard ___MASK48___ ( Devanagari :         , " Mnak Hind ") or simply ___MASK48___ ( Devanagari :      , " Hind "), is an Indian language and a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language . ___MASK48___ is one of the official languages of ___MASK4___ , and is the " lingua franca " of the ___MASK48___ belt languages . Outside ___MASK4___ , ___MASK48___ is an official language in Fiji , and is a recognised regional language in Mauritius , Suriname , ___MASK65___ , and Trinidad and Tobago . Chittagong Division is geographically the largest of the eight administrative divisions of ___MASK91___ . It covers the south - easternmost areas of the country , with a total area of and a population at the 2011 census of 28 , 423 , 019 . Rakhine State ( formerly Arakan ) is a state in ___MASK93___ ( Burma ). Situated on the western coast , it is bordered by Chin State to the north , Magway Region , Bago Region and Ayeyarwady Region to the east , the Bay of Bengal to the west , and the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh to the northwest . It is located approximately between latitudes 17 ° 30 ' north and 21 ° 30 ' north and east longitudes 92 ° 10 ' east and 94 ° 50 ' east . The Arakan Mountains , rising to at Victoria Peak , separate Rakhine State from central Burma . Off the coast of Rakhine State there are some fairly large islands such as Cheduba and Myingun Island . Rakhine State has an area of and its capital is Sittwe . ___MASK4___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK4___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; ___MASK15___ , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and ___MASK93___ ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK4___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK4___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Bago Region (; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division ) is an administrative region of ___MASK93___ , located in the southern central part of the country . It is bordered by Magway Region and Mandalay Region to the north ; Kayin State , Mon State and the Gulf of Martaban to the east ; Yangon Region to the south and Ayeyarwady Region and Rakhine State to the west . It is located between 46 ° 45 ' N and 19 ° 20 ' N and 94 ° 35 ' E and 97 ° 10 ' E . Magway Region ( Magwe Region , , formerly Magway Division ) is an administrative division in central ___MASK93___ . Magway Region is the second largest of ___MASK93___ ' s seven divisions , with an area of . Sittwe District is a district of the Rakhine State in western ___MASK93___ . The capital lies at Sittwe Chin State is a state in western ___MASK93___ . The Chin State is bordered by Rakhine State in the south , Bangladesh in the south - west , Sagaing Division and Magway Division in the east , the Indian state of Manipur in the north and the Indian state of Mizoram in the west . The population of Chin state is about 478 , 801 in 2014 census . The capital of the state is Hakha . The state is a mountainous region with few transportation links . Chin State is sparsely populated and remains one of the least developed areas of the country . Chin State has the highest poverty rate of 73 % as per the released figures from the first official survey . Sittwe ( formerly Akyab ) is the capital of Rakhine State , ___MASK93___ ( Burma ). Sittwe , pronounced " site - tway " in the Rakhine language , is located on an estuarial island created at the confluence of the Kaladan , Mayu , and Lay Mro rivers emptying into the Bay of Bengal . The city has 181 , 000 inhabitants ( 2006 ). It is the administrative seat of Sittwe Township and Sittwe District . Chittagong (, Chatga ) is a major coastal seaport city and financial centre in southeastern ___MASK91___ . The city has a population of more than 2 . 5 million while the metropolitan area has a population of over 6 . 5 million , making it the second largest city in the country . It is the capital of an eponymous district and division . The city is located on the banks of the Karnaphuli River between the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Bay of Bengal . Much of Chittagong Division is located within the ecological Indo - Burma zone on the boundary of the ___MASK4___ Plate and Burma Plate . This makes Chittagong the crossroads of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia . The port city has been known by various names in history , including Chatigaon , Chatigam , Chattagrama , Islamabad , Chattala , Chaityabhumi and Porto Grande De Bengala . Sanskrit ( English pronunciation :; written in Devanagari script ; : or ', originally ', " refined speech ") is the primary sacred language of Hinduism and " Mahyna " Buddhism , a philosophical language in Hinduism , Jainism , Buddhism and Sikhism . It was also a literary language that was in use as a " lingua franca " in ancient and medieval South Asia . It is a standardised dialect of Old Indo - Aryan , originating as Vedic Sanskrit and tracing its linguistic ancestry back to Proto - Indo - Iranian and Proto - Indo - European . Today it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of ___MASK4___ and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand . As one of the oldest Indo - European languages for which substantial written documentation exists , Sanskrit holds a prominent position in Indo - European studies . Ayeyarwady Region (; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division ) is a region of ___MASK93___ , occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River ( Irrawaddy River ). It is bordered by Bago Region to the north , Bago Region and Yangon Region to the east , and the Bay of Bengal to the south and west . It is contiguous with the Rakhine State in the northwest .