Myanmar

Burma, kent forby as Myanmar an offeecially the Republic o the Union o Myanmar, is the lairgest kintra bi geographical aurie in mainland Sootheast Asie. The kintra is bordered bi Fowkrepublic o Cheenae on the north-east, Laos on the aest, Thailand on the sooth-east, Bangladesh on the wast, Indie on the north-wast an the Bay o Bengal tae the sooth-wast wi the Andaman Sea defining its soothern periphery. Ane-third o Burma's tot perimeter, 1,930 kilometers (1,199 mi), forms an uninterrupted coastline. Etymology "Burma" is derived frae the Burmese wird "Bamar" (), which in turn is the colloquial form o Myanmar () (or Mranma in auld Burmese), baith o which historically referred tae the majority Burmans (or the Bamar). Dependin on the register uised the pronunciation wad be "Bama" (pronounced: [bəmà]), or "Myanmah" (pronounced: [mjəmà]). The name "Burma" haes been in uise in Inglis syne the time o Breetish colonial rule. Regions an states The kintra is dividit intae seiven states (ပြည်နယ်) an seiven regions (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး), umwhile cawed diveesions. The annooncement on the renamin o diveesion tae regions wis made on 20 August 2010. Regions are predominantly Bamar (that is, mainly inhabitit bi the dominant ethnic group). States, in essence, are regions which are hame tae parteecular ethnic minorities. The administrative diveesions are further subdividit intae destricts, which are further subdividit intae tounships, wards, an veelages. Belaw are the nummer o destricts, tounships, ceeties/touns, wards, veelage Groups an veelages in each diveesions an states o Burma. References Freemit airtins Govrenment myanmar.gov.mm Archived 2005-12-20 at the Wayback Machine Chief o State an Cabinet Members Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine General information Burma Relatit-News Burma Archived 2009-12-05 at the Wayback Machine frae UCB Libraries GovPubs Wikimedia Atlas o Myanmar Travel guide tae Myanmar frae Wikivoyage Online Burma/Myanmar Library: Classified and annotated links to more than 17,000 full-text documents on Burma/Myanmar Burmese/Myanmar Myanma Search Ingine Wab steid Offeecial Burmese Leid Wikipedia Wab steid Interactive timeline o turnin points in Burmese history