Editing Dawei (section)

==History==
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The area around the Dawei River estuary has been inhabited for centuries by [[Dawei (ethinc group)|Dawei]], [[Mon (ethnic group)|Mon]], [[Karen people|Kayin]], and [[Thai (ethnic group)|Thai]] mariners.

As the ancient site, Sagara City, old Dawei, which is approximately 6 miles north of the present city, has so many traces of [[Pyu city-states|Pyu]] culture, it was recognized as one of the province capitals in the ancient Pyu era. The evidence of burial urns, beads, coins and other features of Pyu culture have been excavated in the area by the Department of Archaeology and National Museum, Myanmar.

From the 11th to the 13th centuries, Dawei was part of the [[Pagan Empire]]. From 1287 to 1564, Dawei became part of the [[Sukhothai Kingdom]] and its successor, the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]] (Siam). From 1564 to 1594, Dawei was part of the [[Toungoo dynasty|Toungoo Kingdom]] of Burma. Siam [[Burmese–Siamese War (1594–1605)|temporarily regained the city]] between 1594 and 1614. From 1614 to the 1740s, Dawei was the southernmost city under Burmese authority and was defended by a Burmese garrison. In the late 1740s, during the Burmese civil war of 1740–1757, Dawei, along with the northern Tenasserim coast, was taken over by Siam. Burma [[Burmese–Siamese War (1759–1760)|regained the city]] in 1760 and [[Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767)|extended its control over the entire Tenasserim coast]], in 1765. The Tenasserim coast was ceded to the [[British Empire|British]] after the [[First Anglo-Burmese War]] (1824–1826).

After independence in 1948, the city became part of the [[Tanintharyi Region|Tenasserim Division]], which also included today's [[Mon State]]. In 1974, Mon State was carved out of Tenasserim and Dawei became the capital of the truncated division. In 1989, the city's English name was changed from Tavoy to Dawei, and Tenasserim became Tanintharyi.