Chak people

History

By the mid-13th century, the Saks had diverged from the Kadu people, who now reside in northwestern Myanmar's Sagaing Region. The Chaks entered the Chittagong Hill Tracts in the 14th century after their kingdom was overrun by the Arakanese. Despite this, there are still Chaks living in Arakan.

Thet people

The Chak people are called Thet ( in Myanmar. They are considered a subgroup of the Rakhine people under Myanmar's 1982 ethnicity law. According to Arakanese regional media organisations, that there were nearly 6,000 ethnic Thet in Myanmar with 3,000-4,000 in Rakhine State alone.

References

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