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Encyclopedia > Lower Burma

Burma is divided into 7 states and 7 divisions:

Divisions States
  1. Ayeyarwady
  2. Bago
  3. Magway
  4. Mandalay
  5. Sagaing
  6. Tanintharyi
  7. Yangon
  1. Chin State
  2. Kachin State
  3. Kayah State
  4. Kayin State
  5. Mon State
  6. Rakhine State
  7. Shan State

Image:MyanmarNumbered.png The Irrawaddy (newer spelling Ayeyarwaddy) is a river that flows through the centre of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is Myanmars most important commercial waterway. ... Bago is a division of Burma. ... Magway Division (also spelled Mangwe) is a division located in central Myanmar between north latitude 18° 50 and 22° 47 and east longitude between 93° 47 and 95° 55. It is bordered by Sagaing Division is to its north, Mandalay Division to its east, Bago Division to its south and... Mandalay is the second largest city (2000 pop. ... Categories: Stub ... Tanintharyi, better known by the old name Tenasserim, is a division of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the Kra Isthmus. ... Yangôn, formerly Rangoon, population 4,504,000 (2001), is the capital of Myanmar. ... Chin is a state of Myanmar. ... Kachin State is in the northen part of Myanmar, and it has many ethnic groups such as Burmese, Kachin (Jinghpaw, Rawang, Lisu, Zaiwa, Lawngwaw, Lachyit), Indians and some Shan. ... Kayah, also called Karenni State is a state of Burma. ... The Kayin State is a administrative division of Burma and also known as Karen state. ... Mon State is an administrative division of Myanmar, formerly Burma. ... Rakhine State, formerly Arakan, is a state of Myanmar. ... Shan is a state located in Burma, which takes its name from the Shan people, the majority ethnic group in the Shan state. ...


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The forests of Burma are the finest in British India and one of the chief assets of the wealth of the country; it is from Burma that the world draws its main supply of teak for shipbuilding, and indeed it was the demand for teak that largely led to the annexation of Burma.
The forests of Burma, therefore, are now strictly preserved by the government, and there is a regular forest department for the conservation and cutting of timber, the planting of young trees for future generations, the prevention of forest fires, and for generally supervising their treatment by the natives.
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