Pritzker Legal Research Center: Myanmar: Center for International Human Rights: Administrative Structure &amp; Maps

Administrative Structure

Myanmar is a country located in Southeast Asia that is bordered by India, Bangladesh, China, Laos, and Thailand. In accordance with the 2008 Constitution (Chapter II: State Structure), the country is divided into seven States, seven Regions, and one Union Territory.

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Maps

Maps can serve many different purposes and may be either historical or current in nature:

Political/administrative maps: show geographic boundaries between governmental units, such as states/regions, districts, and townships
Topographic/physical maps: depict the natural landscape of an area, such as rivers, mountains, and lakes
Thematic maps: portray information on a particular subject or theme (e.g., language, climate air quality, or population)

The following resources provide access to various types of maps of Myanmar:

Census Atlas: Myanmar
Atlas published by the Republic of the Union of Myanmar's Department of Population containing various maps based on the 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census.
Ethnologue: Myanmar - Maps
Provides access to an index map as well as thematic maps of Northern Myanmar, Western Central Myanmar, Eastern Central Myanmar, and Southern Myanmar depicting languages used throughout the country.
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU): Country Maps
Provides access to a physical country map and an administrative country map.
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU): Geospatial Data
Provides geospatial data for Myanmar, State & Region, District, Township, Village Tract, Village levels and for special regions. Dataset contain administrative boundaries, roads, railway, Town, Village, land use/land cover, etc.
Nations Online: Myanmar
Provides access to a political map and administrative map of Myanmar.
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Burma (Myanmar) Maps
Provides access to political and administrative maps, historical maps, thematic maps, and topographic maps from Burma/Myanmar.
Socio-Economic Atlas of Myanmar
Provides access to spatial information and maps depicting regional differences in geographical conditions, natural resources, infrastructure and the socio-economic development in the states and regions of the country in the current transformation process of Myanmar.
United Nations: Myanmar Map
Map depicting states, regions, divisions, and major cities and towns in Myanmar.