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Guide to Myanmar ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Information[edit | edit source]
Myanmar, known for most of its history in the West as Burma, is a country in Asia bordered by Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, and Thailand. It was formerly ruled by Great Britain. The official language is Burmese.[1]
Myanmar Map[edit | edit source]
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Myanmar.
Jurisdictions[edit | edit source]
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Myanmar. Click on a place below to go to the corresponding Wiki article listing more information.
Myanmar is divided into seven states, seven regions, one union territory, five self-administered zones, and one self-administered division.
Regions and States[edit | edit source]
- Ayeyarwady Region
- Bago Region
- Chin State
- Kachin State
- Kayah State
- Kayin State
- Magway Region
- Mandalay Region
- Mon State
- Rakhine State
- Sagaing Region
- Shan State
- Tanintharyi Region
- Yangon Region
Cities[edit | edit source]
- Bago
- Dawei
- Hakha
- Loikaw
- Magwe
- Mandalay
- Mawlamyaing
- Myitkyina
- Paan
- Pathein
- Sagaing
- Sittwe
- Taunggyi
- Yangon
Self-administered Zones and Divisions[edit | edit source]
- Danu Self-Administered Zone
- Kokang Self-Administered Zone
- Naga Self-Administered Zone
- Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone
- Pa'O Self-Administered Zone
- Wa Self-Administered Division
Territory[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Myanmar," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar, accessed 25 April 2016.