ရခုိင္သမုိင္းအက်ဥ္းခ်ဳပ္

The Rakhine (Burmese: ရခိုင်လူမျိုး; MLCTS: ra. khung Lu myo; formerly Arakanese), is a nationality of Myanmar, and form the majority along the coastal region of present day Rakhine State or Arakan State. They possibly constitute 4% or more of Myanmar's population but no accurate census figures exist. Rakhine people also live in the southeastern parts of Bangladesh, especially in Chittagong Division. A group of Arakanese descendants, living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, since the 16th century AD are known as Marma people. These Arakanese descendants have been living in that area since the Arakanese kingdom's control of Chittagong region. Arakanese descendants also spreaded as far north as Tripura state in India during the ascent of Arakanese kingdom when Tripura was ruled by the Arakanese kings in the same century. In India, these Arakanese people are called as Mog while the Arakanese and Marma (an ethinc Arakanese descendants) from Bangladesh are generally known in Bengali as Magh people.