Gaw Township is a township of Thandwe District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. A township (or Municipality) is a settlement which has the status and powers of a unit of local government Thandwe District is a District of the Rakhine State in western Myanmar. Rakhine State ( formerly Arakan) is a state of Myanmar. Situated the western coast it is bordered by Chin State in the north Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. The principal town is Gaw.