Maungdaw (Burmese: မောင်တောမြို့; MLCTS: maung:tau mrui., pronounced [máʊɰ̃dɔ́ mjo̰], Bengali: মংডু, romanized: Moṅḍu) is a town in Rakhine State, in the western part of Myanmar (Burma).

The two towns are separated by the Mayu Mountains and are connected by two tunnels built in 1918.

[2][3] The victims were predominantly Rohingya, trying to flee fierce fighting in Maungdaw by crossing the Naf River into Bangladesh.

[5] The official border trade post with Bangladeshi town of Teknaf opened on 5 September 1995.

[6] In 2022, total trade volume at the border post stood at US$15.519 million.