What is "tanintharyi"

Tanintharyi or Taninthayi (widely known during the British occupation and since as Tenasserim) is a small town in Taninthayi Township, Myeik District, in the Tanintharyi Region of south-western Myanmar. It is the administrative seat for the township. The town is located on the Great Tenasserim River which eventually enters the sea at Myeik. The town is located at the confluence of this river and a tributary known as the " Little Tenasserim River" which runs south.

The town is built on a hill slope on the site of an ancient city which, for hundreds of years, served as the principal port of Siam. Ethnic Bamars (Burmans) (with Dawei and Myeik subgroups) are the majority community here. The hill people who are non-Buddhists are most numerous here. The majority of the population speak the Tavoyan dialect.

Tanintharyi may refer to:

• Tanintharyi or Taninthayi (known during the British occupation as Tenasserim), a town in Taninthayi Township, Myeik District, in the Tanintharyi Region of Burma (Myanmar)
• Tanintharyi Region, formerly Tenasserim Division and Tanintharyi Division), an administrative region of Myanmar
• Tanintharyi Township, a township of Myeik District in the Taninthayi Division of Myanmar