Arakan is a historical region of Burma.
Arakan may also refer to:
- Arakan Division, a British colonial division
- Rakhine State, a province of Myanmar
- Arakan Mountains, Myanmar
- Arakanese people
- Arakanese Indians
- Arakanese language, a former Tibeto-Burmese language, now split into two distinct languages: Rakhine and Marma
- Arakan Campaign 1942–43, a campaign during World War II
- Arakan, Cotabato, Philippines
- Arakan River, Philippines