Country · MM

Myanmar or Burma in other languages: exonyms, Naypyidaw and regions

Myanmar is မြန်မာ (Mẏãma) in Burmese, officially ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, and its ISO codes are MM, MMR and 104. The page gives the name, also known as Burma, in 174 languages, the capital Naypyidaw in 53, Yangon in 74, and the 15 first-level units in Burmese script.

Official languagesBurmese (မြန်မာစာ, mẏãmasa)

Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

ratio 2:3

alpha-2: MM
alpha-3: MMR
numeric: 104

မြန်မာ Burmese · MyanmarRomanised Mẏãma

ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်Pẏitʰoũsú Ṯãmátá Mẏãma Naĩṅãtɔ

English: MyanmarRepublic of the Union of Myanmar
Capital: နေပြည်တော်Nepẏitɔ · Naypyidaw

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.

01 · Exonyms

Myanmar or Burma in other languages: list of exonyms

Myanmar in 174 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, Danish, Lower Sorbian, Finnish, Kven, Upper Sorbian, Norwegian, Aromanian, Sicilian, Northern Sami, Saterland Frisian, Swedish	eng / dan / dsb / fin / fkv / hsb / nor / rup / scn / sme / stq / swe	Myanmar, Burma	same as written
Afrikaans, Breton, Welsh, Faroese, Indonesian, Javanese, Jersey Norman French, Ladin, Dutch, Novial, Quechua, Swahili	afr / bre / cym / fao / ind / jav / jnf / lld / nld / nov / que / swa	Myanmar	same as written
Aragonese, Asturian, Basque, Galician, Interlingua, Italian, Occitan, Romansh, Romanian, Spanish	arg / ast / eus / glg / ina / ita / oci / roh / ron / spa	Myanmar, Birmania	same as written
Kashubian, Estonian, West Frisian, Polish, Silesian, Võro, German, Luxembourgish, Low German	csb / est / fry / pol / szl / vor / deu / ltz / nds	Myanmar, Birma	same as written
Gagauz, Karakalpak	gag / kaa	Myanma / Мьянма, Birma / Бирма	Myanma, Birma
Scottish Gaelic, Croatian	gla / hrv	Mianmar, Burma	same as written
Kinyarwanda, Kirundi	kin / run	Miyamare	same as written
Maltese, Slovenian	mlt / slv	Mjanmar	same as written
Turkish, Zazaki	tur / zza	Myanmar, Birmanya, Burma	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Myanma / Мјанма, Birma / Бирма	Myanma, Birma
Bambara	bam	Miyanimara, Birimani	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Mjanmar / Мјанмар / ميانمار, Burma / Бурма / بۆرما	Mjanmar, Burma
Catalan	cat	Myanmar, Birmània	same as written
Czech	ces	Myanmar, Barma	same as written
Cornish	cor	Byrmani	same as written
Corsican	cos	Birmania	same as written
Crimean Tatar	crh	Myanmar / Мьянмар	Myanmar
Esperanto	epo	Mjanmao, Birmo	same as written
French	fra	Myanmar, Birmanie	same as written
Franco-Provençal	frp	Birmanie	same as written
Friulian	fur	Mianmar, Birmanie	same as written
Irish	gle	Maenmar, Burma	same as written
Manx	glv	Myanmar, Yn Vurmey	same as written
Haitian Creole	hat	Bimani	same as written
Hausa	hau	Bama, Burma	same as written
Hungarian	hun	Mianmar	same as written
Igbo	ibo	Mianma	same as written
Icelandic	isl	Mjanmar, Búrma, Burma	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Miyanmar, Bûrma, Bîrma	same as written
Latin	lat	Myanmar, Birmania, Birma	same as written
Latvian	lav	Mjanma, Birma	same as written
Limburgish	lim	Börma	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Mianmaras, Birma	same as written
Latgalian	ltg	Mjanmars, Burma	same as written
Malagasy	mlg	Myanmara, Birma	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Myanmar / Мянмар, Birmania / Бирмания	Myanmar, Birmania
Malay	msa	Myanmar / ميانمار	Myanmar
Nahuatl	nah	Mianma, Birmantlān	same as written
Norman French	nrm	Birmanîn	same as written
Portuguese	por	Mianmar, Myanmar, Mianmá, Birmânia, Burma	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Myanmar / म्यान्मार	Myanmar
Slovak	slk	Mjanmarsko	same as written
Slovio	slo	Mianmar / Мианмар, Burma / Бурма	Mianmar, Burma
Samogitian	smg	Mianmars	same as written
Samoan	smo	Maianama	same as written
Albanian	sqi	Mjanmari, Birmania	same as written
Sardinian	srd	Myanmàr, Birmània	same as written
Tetum	tet	Myanmar, Birmánia	same as written
Tagalog	tgl	Burma, Birmanya	same as written
Tongan	ton	Pema	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Mýanma / Мьянма, Birma / Бирма	Mýanma, Birma
Uzbek	uzb	Myanma / Мьянма / ميەنمە, Birma / Бирма / بىرمە	Myanma, Birma
Vietnamese	vie	Miến Điện, Mi-an-ma	same as written
Volapük	vol	Myanmän	same as written
Walloon	wln	Birmaneye	same as written
Wolof	wol	Miyanmaar	same as written
Gothic	got	𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌼𐌰𐍂	Mjanmar
Abaza, Altai, Avar, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk	abq / alt / ava / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal	Мьянма, Бирма	M'janma, Birma
Bashkir, Chechen	bak / che	Мьянма / Myanma, Бирма / Birma	Myanma, Birma
Abkhaz	abk	Мианма, Бирма	Mianma, Birma
Belarusian	bel	М’янмар / Mianmar, М’янма / Mianma, Бірма / Birma	Mianmar, Mianma, Birma
Bulgarian	bul	Мианмар, Мянма, Бурма	Mianmar, Mjanma, Burma
Chuvash	chv	Мьянма, Бирмӑ	M'janma, Birmă
Kazakh	kaz	Мьянма / ميانما / Myanma, Бирма / بيرما / Bïrma	Myanma, Bïrma
Kabardian	kbd	Мьянмэ, Бирмэ	M'janmă, Birmă
Kyrgyz	kir	Мьянма / ميانما / Myanma, Бирма / بئرما / Birma	Myanma, Birma
Kurdish (Caucasus)	kmr	Мийанма / Mîyanma, Бирма / Bîrma, Бирман / Bîrman, Борма / Borma	Mîyanma, Bîrma, Bîrman, Borma
Macedonian	mkd	Мијанмар, Бурма	Mijanmar, Burma
Mongolian	mon	Мьянма, Бирм	M'janma, Birm
Ossetian	oss	Мьянмӕ, Бирмӕ	M'janmä, Birmä
Rusyn	rue	Мянмарьско, Барма	Mjanmar'sko, Barma
Serbian	srp	Мијанмар / Mijanmar, Бурма / Burma	Mijanmar, Burma
Tatar	tat	Мьянма / Myanma / ميانما, Бирма / Birma / بىرما	Myanma, Birma
Tajik	tgk	Мянма / میئنمه / Mjanma, Бирма / بیرمه / Birma	Mjanma, Birma
Ukrainian	ukr	М’янма, Бірма	M’janma, Birma
Arabic	ara	ميانمار, بورما, برما, برمانيا	Miyānmār, Būrmā, Burmā, Birmāniyā
South Azerbaijani	azb	میانما / Myanma, بیرما / Birma	Myanma, Birma
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	میانمار / Miyanmar, برما / Birma	Miyanmar, Birma
Persian	fas	میانمار / Miyânmâr, برمه / Berme, بیرمانی / Birmâni	Miyânmâr, Berme, Birmâni
Western Punjabi	pnb	میانمر, برما	Miyānmar, Barmā
Dari	prs	میانمار, برما	Miyānmār, Bermā
Pashto	pus	ميانمار, برما	Miyānmār, Bərmā
Uyghur	uig	بىرما / Birma / Бирма, بېرما / Bérma / Берма	Birma, Bérma
Urdu	urd	میانمار, برما	Miyānmār, Barmā
Dhivehi	div	މިއަންމާ, ބަރުމާ	Mianmā, Barumā
Hebrew	heb	מינמר, מינמאר / מיינמאר, מיאנמר, מיאנמאר, בורמה, ברמה	Myanmar, Myanmār, Myānmar, Myānmār, Būrmah, Bermah
Ladino	lad	מייאנמאר / Myanmar	Myanmar
Yiddish	yid	מיאַנמאַר, בירמע	Myanmar, Birme
Berber	ber	ⵎⵢⴰⵏⵎⴰⵔ / Myanmar	Myanmar
Amharic	amh	ምየንማር, ቡርማ, በርማ	Myänmar, Burma, Bärma
Greek	ell	Μιανμάρ, Μυανμάρ, Βιρμανία, Μπούρμα	Mianmár, Myanmár, Virmanía, Mpoýrma
Armenian	hye	Մյանմա, Մյանմար, Բիրմա	Myanma, Myanmar, Birma
Georgian, Mingrelian	kat / xmf	მიანმარი, ბირმა	Mianmari, Birma
Laz	lzz	მიანმარი / Mianmari); ბურმა / Burma	Mianmari); ბურმა / Burma
Hindi	hin	म्यानमार, बरमा, बर्म्हा, ब्रह्मदेश	Myānmār, Barmā, Barmhā, Brahmadeš
Nepali	nep	बर्मा, ब्रम्हादेश	Barmā, Bramhādeš
Bengali	ben	মিয়ানমার, মায়ানমার, বার্মা, ব্রহ্মদেশ	Miyānmār, Māyānmār, Bārmā, Brôhmôdeš
Gujarati	guj	મ્યાનમાર, બર્મા	Myānmār, Barmā
Odia	ori	ମିୟାନମାର, ବର୍ମା	Miyānmār, Bôrmā
Punjabi	pan	ਮਿਆਂਮਾਰ, ਬਰਮਾ	Miāṃmār, Barmā
Sinhala	sin	මියන්‍මාරය, බුරුමය	Miyanmāraya, Burumaya
Kannada	kan	ಮಯನ್ಮಾರ್, ಬರ್ಮ	Mayanmār, Barma
Malayalam	mal	മ്യാന്‍മാർ, ബര്മ്മ	Myānmār, Barmma
Tamil	tam	மியான்மார், மியன்மார், பர்மா	Miyāṉmār, Miyaṉmār, Parmā
Telugu	tel	మయన్మార్, బర్మా	Mayanmār, Barmā
Chinese	zho	緬甸/缅甸	Miǎndiàn
Cantonese	yue	緬甸/缅甸	Míhndihn
Japanese	jpn	ミャンマー	Myanmā
Korean	kor	미얀마	Mianma
Tibetan	bod	འཔར་མ།, སྦར་མ།, འབར་མ།	'Par.ma, sBar.ma, 'Bar.ma
Dzongkha	dzo	མེ་མར།	Me.mar
Burmese	mya	မြန်မာ	Mẏãma
Thai	tha	เมียนมาร์, พม่า	Miyanmā[r], Pamā̀
Lao	lao	ພະມ້າ	Pʰamā́
Khmer	khm	មីយ៉ាន់ម៉ា, មៀនម៉ា, ភូមា	Mīyanmā, Mienmā, Pʰūmā

Where a language has both names, Myanmar and an older form derived from Burma, both are given, separated by a comma. Chinese 緬甸 (Miǎndiàn) is the traditional name in East Asia.

02 · NamesU+1019 MYANMAR LETTER MA

Myanmar and Burma: one word, two forms

The country has two names in English, and the list shows how other languages split between them. Burmese မြန်မာ, Mẏãma, is the written form; Burma goes back to the spoken form of the same word. ISO 3166-1 has used Myanmar since 1989, when the government changed the English name, and the alpha-2 code MM replaced the earlier BU.

European languages often carry both. Spanish and Italian list Myanmar and Birmania, French Myanmar and Birmanie, Polish and German Myanmar and Birma; Czech has Barma, Esperanto Birmo. Chinese 緬甸 (Miǎndiàn) has its own root.

On 6 November 2005 Naypyidaw replaced Yangon as the capital; its name, နေပြည်တော် (Nepẏitɔ), means the abode of the king. Yangon kept its place as the largest city and appears on the page with its older name Rangoon, which several languages still use.

03 · Naypyidaw

Naypyidaw in other languages

Naypyidaw in 53 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, French, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irish	eng / fra / deu / ltz / nds / gle	Naypyidaw	same as written
Czech, Slovak	ces / slk	Nepjito	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Neypyido / Нејпјидо	Neypyido
Bosnian	bos	Naypyidaw / Нејпјидо / نەيپيٖىدۉ	Naypyidaw
Hungarian	hun	Nepjida	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Naypyîdaw	same as written
Latin	lat	Basileopolis	same as written
Latvian	lav	Nepjido	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Neipidas	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Naypyidaw / Найпьидо	Naypyidaw
Malay	msa	Naypyidaw / نايڤييداو	Naypyidaw
Samogitian	smg	Nepjids	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Neýpýido / Нейпьидо	Neýpýido
Uzbek	uzb	Neypyido / Нейпьидо / نېيپيىدا	Neypyido
Volapük	vol	Nepyido	same as written
Bashkir	bak	Нейпьидо / Neypyido	Neypyido
Belarusian	bel	Найп’іда / Najp’ida	Najp’ida
Bulgarian	bul	Найпидо	Najpido
Kazakh	kaz	Найпидау / نايپيداۋ / Naypïdaw	Naypïdaw
Kyrgyz	kir	Нейпьидо / نەيپيىدو / Neypyido	Neypyido
Mongolian	mon	Найпьидо	Najp'ido
Russian	rus	Нейпьидо	Nejp'ido
Serbian	srp	Непјидо / Nepjido	Nepjido
Tatar	tat	Нейпьидо / Neypyido / نېيپيىدو	Neypyido
Tajik	tgk	Найпидав / نیپیدو / Najpidav	Najpidav
Ukrainian	ukr	Найп’їдо	Najp’ïdo
Arabic	ara	نايبيداو	Nāybīdāw
South Azerbaijani	azb	نایپیدو / Naypido	Naypido
Persian	fas	نایپیداو / Nâypidâv	Nâypidâv
Uyghur	uig	نايپيىدو / Naypyido / Найпьидо	Naypyido
Urdu	urd	نیپیداو	Naypīdāv
Hebrew	heb	נייפידאו	Nēypīdaʾō
Yiddish	yid	נײפּידאַאָ	Neypidao
Greek	ell	Ναιπιντάου	Naipintáoy
Georgian	kat	ნაიფიიდო	Naiṗiido
Hindi	hin	नाएप्यीडॉ	Nāepyīḍŏ
Marathi	mar	नेपिडो	Nepiḍo
Nepali	nep	नेपीडह	Nepīḍah
Bengali	ben	নেপিদ	Nepidô
Gujarati	guj	નાએપ્યીડૉ	Nāepyīḍŏ
Tamil	tam	நய்ப்யிதௌ	Naypyitau
Chinese	zho	內比都/内比都	Nèibìdū
Japanese	jpn	ネピドー	Nepidō
Korean	kor	네피도	Nepido
Burmese	mya	နေပြည်တော်	Nepẏitɔ
Thai	tha	เนปีดอ	Nēpīdɔ̄
Khmer	khm	នេយភីថោវ	Neypʰītʰōv

04 · Yangon

Yangon or Rangoon in other languages

Yangon in 74 languages and variants, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639-3 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639-3	Name	Romanised
English, French	eng / fra	Yangon, Rangoon	same as written
Basque, Hungarian, Polish, Slovenian, German, Luxembourgish, Low German	eus / hun / pol / slv / deu / ltz / nds	Rangun	same as written
Czech, Slovak, Tetum, Irish	ces / slk / tet / gle	Rangún	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Yanqon / Јангон, Ranqun / Рангун	Yanqon, Ranqun
Bosnian	bos	Yangon / Јангон / يانغۉن	Yangon
Catalan	cat	Yangon, Rangun	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Jangono, Ranguno	same as written
Estonian	est	Yangon, Ranguun	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Yangon, Rangûn	same as written
Latvian	lav	Jangona, Rangūna	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Jangonas, Rangūnas	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Rangun / Рангун	Rangun
Malay	msa	Yangon / يانݢون, Rangoon / رانݢون	Yangon, Rangoon
Portuguese	por	Yangon, Rangum	same as written
Slovio	slo	Jangon / Йангон	Jangon
Samogitian	smg	Janguons, Rangūns	same as written
Spanish	spa	Yangon, Rangún	same as written
Silesian	szl	Rangůn	same as written
Tagalog	tgl	Ranggun, Rangyun	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Ýangon / Янгон, Rangun / Рангун	Ýangon, Rangun
Uzbek	uzb	Yangon / Янгон / يەنگان, Rangun / Рангун / رەنگۇن	Yangon, Rangun
Vietnamese	vie	I-ang-gun, Răng Gun	same as written
Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian	bul / mon / rus	Янгон, Рангун	Jangon, Rangun
Bashkir	bak	Янгон / Yangon, Рангун / Rangun	Yangon, Rangun
Belarusian	bel	Янгон / Janhon, Рангун / Ranhun	Janhon, Ranhun
Kazakh	kaz	Янгон / يانگون / Yangon, Рангун / رانگۋن / Rangwn	Yangon, Rangwn
Kyrgyz	kir	Янгон / يانگون / Yangon, Рангун / رانگۇن / Rangun	Yangon, Rangun
Serbian	srp	Јангон / Jangon, Рангун / Rangun	Jangon, Rangun
Tatar	tat	Янгон / Yangon / يانگون, Рангун / Rangun / رانگۇن	Yangon, Rangun
Tajik	tgk	Янгон / ینگان / Jangon, Рангун / رنگون / Rangun	Jangon, Rangun
Ukrainian	ukr	Янґон, Ранґун	Jangon, Rangun
Arabic	ara	يانغون, يانجون, رانغون, رانجون	Yānġūn, Yāngūn, Rānġūn, Rāngūn
South Azerbaijani	azb	یانقون / Yanqon, رانقون / Ranqun	Yanqon, Ranqun
Persian	fas	یانگون / Yângon, رانگون / Rângun	Yângon, Rângun
Western Punjabi	pnb	رنگون	Rangūn
Pashto	pus	رنګون	Rangūn
Uyghur	uig	رانگۇن / Ran’gun / Рангун	Ran’gun
Urdu	urd	ینگون	Yangōn
Hebrew	heb	ינגון, יאנגון, רנגון, ראנגון	Yangōn, Yāngōn, Rangūn, Rāngūn
Yiddish	yid	יאַנגאָן, ראַנגון	Yangon, Rangun
Amharic	amh	ያንጎን, ራንጉን	Yangon, Rangun
Greek	ell	Γιανγκόν, Ρανγκούν, Ραγκούν	Giangkón, Rangkoýn, Ragkoýn
Armenian	hye	Յանգոն, Ռանգուն	Yangon, Ṙangoun
Georgian	kat	იანგონი, რანგუნი	Iangoni, Ranguni
Hindi	hin	यांगून, यंगून, रंगून	Yāṃgūn, Yaṃgūn, Raṃgūn
Nepali	nep	रङ्गुन	Raṅgun
Bengali	ben	ইয়াংগুন, ইয়াঙ্গুন, রেঙ্গুন	Iyāṃgun, Iyāṅgun, Reṅgun
Punjabi	pan	ਰੰਗੂਨ	Rãgūn
Sinhala	sin	රැන්‍ගුන්	Rængun
Kannada	kan	ರಂಗೂನ್	Raṃgūn
Malayalam	mal	യങ്കോൺ, റംഗൂൺ, റങ്കൂൺ	Yaṅkōṇ, Ṟaṃgūṇ, Ṟaṃkūṇ
Tamil	tam	யாங்கூன், ரங்கூன், ரங்கோன், ரெங்கூன்	Yāṅkūṉ, Raṅkūṉ, Raṅkōṉ, Reṅkūṉ
Telugu	tel	రంగూన్	Raṃgūn
Chinese	zho	仰光	Yǎngguāng
Cantonese	yue	仰光	Yéuhnggwōng
Japanese	jpn	ヤンゴン, ラングーン	Yangon, Rangūn
Korean	kor	양곤	Yanggon
Tibetan	bod	རན་གུང།	Ran.guṅ
Burmese	mya	ရန်ကုန်	Ẏãkoũ
Thai	tha	ย่างกุ้ง	Yā̀ṅkúṅ
Lao	lao	ຢ່າງກຸ້ງ	Yā̀ṅkúṅ
Khmer	khm	រង្គុន, រ៉ង់ហ្គូន	Roṅkun, Răṅhkūn

Many languages keep the older Rangoon form (Rangun, Rangún) beside Yangon.

05 · Regions and states

The 7 regions, 7 states and the union territory of Myanmar

ISO 3166-2:MM codes the first level with numbers: 01 to 07 for the regions, 11 to 17 for the states and 18 for the union territory around the capital. Names are in Burmese script with a transliteration and the capital of each unit.

Myanmar, ISO 3166-2:MM: 7 regions, 7 states, 1 union territory
ISO 3166-2	Burmese	English	Administrative centre	Change
Regions တိုင်းဒေသကြီး7
MM-01	စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းSiʿkàĩ Tàĩ	Sagaing	စစ်ကိုင်းSagaing	2008 A region (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး) under the 2008 Constitution, earlier a division (တိုင်း); ISO lists the Burmese name စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
MM-02	ပဲခူးတိုင်းPɛ̀kʰù Tàĩ	Bago	ပဲခူးBago	2008 A region (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး) under the 2008 Constitution, earlier a division (တိုင်း); ISO lists the Burmese name ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
MM-03	မကွေးတိုင်းMákwè Tàĩ	Magway	မကွေးMagway	2008 A region (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး) under the 2008 Constitution, earlier a division (တိုင်း); ISO lists the Burmese name မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
MM-04	မန္တလေးတိုင်းMãtálè Tàĩ	Mandalay	မန္တလေးMandalay	2008 A region (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး) under the 2008 Constitution, earlier a division (တိုင်း); ISO lists the Burmese name မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
MM-05	တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းTánĩṯaẏi Tàĩ	Tanintharyi	ထားဝယ်Dawei	2008 A region (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး) under the 2008 Constitution, earlier a division (တိုင်း); ISO lists the Burmese name တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
MM-06	ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းẎãkoũ Tàĩ	Yangon	ရန်ကုန်Yangon	2008 A region (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး) under the 2008 Constitution, earlier a division (တိုင်း); ISO lists the Burmese name ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီး
MM-07	ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းEẏawáti Tàĩ	Ayeyarwady	ပုသိမ်Pathein	2008 A region (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး) under the 2008 Constitution, earlier a division (တိုင်း); ISO lists the Burmese name ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး
States ပြည်နယ် pẏinɛ7
MM-11	ကချင်ပြည်နယ်Káčĩ Pẏinɛ	Kachin	မြစ်ကြီးနားMyitkyina
MM-12	ကယားပြည်နယ်Káyà Pẏinɛ	Kayah	လွိုင်ကော်Loikaw
MM-13	ကရင်ပြည်နယ်Káẏĩ Pẏinɛ	Kayin	ဘားအံHpa-an
MM-14	ချင်းပြည်နယ်Čĩ̀ Pẏinɛ	Chin	ဟားခားHakha
MM-15	မွန်ပြည်နယ်Mũ Pẏinɛ	Mon	မော်လမြိုင်Mawlamyine
MM-16	ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်Ẏákʰaĩ Pẏinɛ	Rakhine	စစ်တွေSittwe
MM-17	ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်Šã̀ Pẏinɛ	Shan	တောင်ကြီးTaunggyi
Union territory ပြည်ထောင်စုနယ်မြေ1
MM-18	ပြည်ထောင်စုနယ်မြေ နေပြည်တော်	Nay Pyi Taw	နေပြည်တော်Naypyidaw	2008 Union territory under the 2008 Constitution, formed from parts of Mandalay Region

Codes and English names: ISO 3166-2:MM on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, Burmese reference names and categories as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:MM, checked 28 October 2026. The 2008 Constitution and the union territory: Wikipedia's Administrative divisions of Myanmar, citing the constitution.

06 · Divisions

From divisions to regions

The first level has the same fourteen units as in the older list, under new names. The 2008 Constitution turned the seven divisions, တိုင်း (tàĩ), into regions, တိုင်းဒေသကြီး, while the seven states, ပြည်နယ် (pẏinɛ), kept their title. It also made the area around the capital a union territory, coded MM-18.

Burmese script is written without spaces between words and with stacked consonants, as in မန္တလေး (Mãtálè, Mandalay). Older web pages used a pre-standard encoding for these letters; the names here are in standard Unicode.

07 · Towns

The ten largest cities in Burmese

ရန်ကုန် (Ẏãkoũ)
မန္တလေး (Mãtálè)
မော်လမြိုင် (Mɔlámẏaĩ)
ပဲခူး (Pɛ̀kʰù)
ပုသိမ် (Púṯeĩ)
မုံရွာ (Moũẏwa)
စစ်တွေ (Siʿtwe)
မိတ္ထီလာ (Meiʿtʰila)
မြိတ် (Mẏeiʿ)
တောင်ကြီး (Toũkẏì)

08 · Questions

Questions about the names and regions of Myanmar

Is it Myanmar or Burma?

Both name the same country. ISO 3166-1 uses Myanmar, and its full form is Republic of the Union of Myanmar; many languages also keep a form of Burma.

What is the capital of Myanmar?

Naypyidaw, နေပြည်တော် in Burmese. It replaced Yangon on 6 November 2005; Yangon remains the largest city.

How many regions and states does Myanmar have?

Seven regions and seven states, plus the Naypyidaw union territory, 15 units with ISO 3166-2 codes from MM-01 to MM-18.