Tanintharyi Peninsula, Myanmar

The Tanintharyi Peninsula is the southernmost division of Myanmar. It was part of the Thaton Kingdom of the Mon people until AD 1057, when it was conquered by King Anawrahta, who extended the Bagan empire down to here.

As the influence of Bagan receded by 1287, the Siamese kingdom of Sukhothai became the predominant power here, until it too was overshadowed by the Siamese kingdom of Ayutthaya.

The Tanintharyi peninsula returned to Burmese rule in 1564 when King Bayinnaung of the Toungoo Dynasty conquered Siam. The power of the Burmese weakened in 1587, enabling Ayutthaya to regain its independence and reclaimed some territory on the southern half of the Tanintharyi peninsula in 1593, and the whole peninsula by 1599.

A newly powerful Burma under King Anaukpetlun recovered sections of the coast up to Dawei in 1614. Tanintharyi was the launch pad for Burmese offensives against Siam. The last Burmese offensive on Siam out of Tanintharyi took place in 1808-09, with attks on Phuket.

The most popularly visited town for tourists on the Tanintharyi Peninsula is Kawthaung.

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