Myanmar Administrative Divisions

Name: Myanmar Administrative Divisions Dataset
Creator: GeoPostcodes
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What is the hierarchy of administrative divisions in Myanmar (Burma)?

Myanmar operates on a 4‑level system starting with 15 regions, then districts, after that townships, and village tracts, 45 towns as the smallest administrative units.

Here’s a breakdown of the hierarchy:

1. Regions: Myanmar is divided into 15 regions.

2. Districts: Regions are subdivided into districts.

3. Townships: Districts are further subdivided into townships.

4. Village tracts, 45 Towns: These are the smallest administrative units, often found within townships.

List of Myanmar (Burma)'s administrative divisions with their counts and names

These are the summarized administrative divisions. The full dataset is available in the Download Center.

iso	country	admin level 1	admin level 2	admin level 3	admin level 4
MM	Myanmar	Ayeyarwady (Region)	6 Districts	26 Townships	1920 Village tracts, 45 Towns
MM	Myanmar	Bago (Region)	4 Districts	28 Townships	1416 Village tracts, 52 Towns
MM	Myanmar	Chin (State)	4 Districts	9 Townships	20 Towns, 463 Village tracts
MM	Myanmar	Kachin (State)	4 Districts	18 Townships	33 Towns, 588 Village tracts
MM	Myanmar	Kayah (State)	2 Districts	7 Townships	11 Towns, 75 Village tracts
MM	Myanmar	Kayin (State)	4 Districts	7 Townships	18 Towns, 376 Village tracts
MM	Myanmar	Magway (Region)	5 Districts	25 Townships	1538 Village tracts, 32 Towns
MM	Myanmar	Mandalay (Region)	7 Districts	28 Townships	1414 Village tracts, 34 Towns
MM	Myanmar	Mon (State)	2 Districts	10 Townships	17 Towns, 367 Village tracts
MM	Myanmar	Nay Pyi Taw (Union Territory)	2 Districts	8 Townships	187 Village tracts, 8 Towns
MM	Myanmar	Rakhine (State)	5 Districts	17 Townships	1036 Village tracts, 28 Towns
MM	Myanmar	Sagaing (Region)	11 Districts, 1 Self-Administered Zone	37 Townships	1757 Village tracts, 50 Towns
MM	Myanmar	Shan (State)	16 Districts, 5 Self-Administered Zone	81 Townships	1728 Village tracts, 87 Towns
MM	Myanmar	Tanintharyi (Region)	3 Districts	10 Townships	18 Towns, 270 Village tracts
MM	Myanmar	Yangon (Region)	4 Districts	45 Townships	49 Towns, 621 Village tracts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the administrative divisions of Myanmar?

Myanmar is divided into 7 states (ပြည်နယ်), 7 regions (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး), and 1 union territory (ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ), which form the top-level administrative units. These are subdivided into 79 districts (ခရိုင်) and 6 self-administered zone (ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ). At the next level, there are 356 townships (မြို့နယ်). Below that, there are 502 towns (မြို့) and 13,756 village tracts (ကျေးရွာအုပ်စု). The smallest administrative level consists of 63 village (ကျေးရွ) and 3,470 wards (ရပ်ကွက်). Major states include Ayeyarwady, Bago, and Chin.

How many administrative levels does Myanmar have?

Myanmar has 5 administrative levels. Level 1: 7 states (ပြည်နယ်), 7 regions (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး), and 1 union territory (ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ). Level 2: 79 districts (ခရိုင်) and 6 self-administered zone (ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ). Level 3: 356 townships (မြို့နယ်). Level 4: 502 towns (မြို့) and 13,756 village tracts (ကျေးရွာအုပ်စု). Level 7: 63 village (ကျေးရွ) and 3,470 wards (ရပ်ကွက်).

How is Myanmar organized into states?

Myanmar operates on a 4‑level system starting with 15 regions, then districts, after that townships, and village tracts, 45 towns as the smallest administrative units.

What is the difference between states and regions in Myanmar?

In Myanmar, states and regions both sit at administrative level 1 but serve different functions. States (ပြည်နယ်) — there are 7 — are typically a larger city or urban area that govern itself independently. Regions (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး) — there are 7 — group multiple smaller municipalities under a shared administration.

What are administrative divisions called in Burmese?

Burmese administrative divisions have specific local names at each level. In Burmese, states are called ပြည်နယ်; regions are called တိုင်းဒေသကြီး; union territory are called ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ; districts are called ခရိုင်; self-administered zone are called ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ; townships are called မြို့နယ်; towns are called မြို့; village tracts are called ကျေးရွာအုပ်စု; village are called ကျေးရွ; wards are called ရပ်ကွက်. These local-language terms appear in official documents, legal records, and government databases, so matching them correctly is important for data integration and compliance.

How often do administrative boundaries change in Myanmar?

Administrative boundaries in Myanmar change as governments reorganize regions, merge municipalities, or create new administrative units to reflect population shifts and political decisions. Changes most commonly affect the village level, where Myanmar currently has 3,533 units. Businesses that rely on Burmese administrative data should use a regularly updated reference dataset to avoid mismatches in geocoding, tax jurisdiction mapping, and compliance reporting.