Districts ( my, ခရိုင်, Kharuing; ) are the second-level administrative divisions of
Myanmar
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. They are the sub-divisions of the
States and Regions of Myanmar. According to the Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), as of December 2015, there are 76 districts in Myanmar, which in turn are subdivided into townships, then towns, wards and villages.
![Myanmar districts Map](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Myanmar_districts_Map.svg)
The District's role is more supervisory as the
Townships
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
are the basic administrative unit of local governance. A District is led by a District Administrator, a civil servant appointed through the
General Administration Department (GAD) of the
Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA). The Minister of Home Affairs is to be appointed by the military according to the 2008 constitution.
Here is a list of districts of Myanmar by state/region:
List of districts by state or region
See also
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Administrative divisions of Myanmar
Myanmar is divided into twenty-one administrative subdivisions, which include 7 regions, 7 states, 1 union territory, 1 self-administered division, and 5 self-administered zones. Following is the table of government subdivisions and its orga ...
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List of cities in Myanmar
300px, An enlargeable map of Myanmar.
The following is a list of cities and largest towns in Myanmar 5,000 & bigger by UNFPA Myanmar. The capitals of states and regions in Myanmar are Bold.
List of cities by urban population
List of town ...
References
External links
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"Burma Second Order Administrative Divisions"The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use
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Subdivisions of Myanmar
Districts
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Districts, Myanmar