Admeenistrative diveesions o Myanmar
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Burma (cried Myanmar an aa) is dividit intae twentie-ane administrative subdiveesions, which include seiven states (ပြည်နယ်; pyi ne, IPA: [pjìnɛ̀]), seiven regions (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး; taing detha gyi, IPA: [táiɴ dèθa̰ dʑí]), sax sel-administered zones an ane sel-administered diveesion (Wa Sel-Administered Diveesion). The regions wur cawed diveesions prior tae August 2010,[1] an five o them are named efter their caipital ceity, the exceptions being Ayeyarwady Region an Tanintharyi Region. The regions can be described as ethnically predominantly Burman (Bamar), while the states, the zones an Wa Diveesion are ethnic minority-dominant.
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Mandalay Region haes the lairgest population an Yangon Region is the maist densely populatit. The smawest population is Kayah State. In terms o land area, Shan State is the lairgest an Yangon Region is the smawest.
States an diveesions are dividit intae destricts (ခရိုင်; kha yaing or khayai, IPA: [kʰəjàiɴ]). These destricts consist o tounships (မြို့နယ်; myo ne, IPA: [mjo̰nɛ̀]) that include touns (မြို့; myo, IPA: [mjo̰]), wards (ရပ်ကွက်; yat kwet, IPA: [jaʔ kwɛʔ])) and village-tracts (ကျွေးရွာအုပ်စု; kyay ywa ok su, IPA: [tɕé jwà ʔouʔ sṵ]). Veelage-tracts are groups o adjacent veelages (ကျေးရွာ; kyay ywa, IPA: [tɕé jwà]).
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