Sittaung

Sittaung lies near the lower course of the river of the same name, where it reaches the Gulf of Martaban. The river runs south between the Pegu Yoma and the eastern hills, widening through a tidal estuary before meeting the sea. Its crossings figured in the wars between Burma and Siam. In 1584 the Siamese prince Naresuan withdrew across the Sittaung during his revolt against Toungoo rule, an episode remembered in accounts of the long struggle between the two kingdoms.