MOULMEIN, in Hindustan, a town in the British district of Amherst, and the principal place of the Tenasserim provinces. It is situated on a small peninsula formed by three rivers, the Salween, the Gyne, and the Attaran, and lies opposite to the town of Martaban, and about 30 miles N. of Amherst. Upon its cession to the British in 1826 by the Burmese, the site was selected for a military station; and the town, which now bears all the marks of civilization, a few years since presented a very different aspect, the accumulation of huts of which it then consisted having been converted into a fine seaport-town, with open streets, quays, markets, churches, and schools. The main street runs parallel to the river, and communicates with different parts of the town by means of smaller streets joining it at right angles. The population of the town is given at 17,042. Vast forests in the vicinity yield an inexhaustible supply of teak timber, which, coupled with other local advantages, has enabled Moulmein to supplant Chittagong and other ports on the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal in ship-building. The East India Company's steamer Tenasserim and Her Majesty's sloop Malacca were built at this port. One of the Indian newspapers, styled the Moulmein Guardian, is printed in this town. N. Lat. 16. 30., E. Long. 97. 42.