Everything you need to know about Myanmar
Explore Myanmar through Baganโs temple plains, the Ayeyarwady valley, Shan uplands and the long Andaman coast. Learn fifteen administrative areas, place twenty-four cities and sixteen heritage and landscape sights, discover ten illustrated topics and begin Burmese.
Read it, then make it stick
Geography of Myanmar
A great river valley connects northern mountains, a central dry zone and a broad delta.
Know the shape of the country
Start with seven states, seven regions and separate Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory, then place twenty-four cities and follow six rivers to the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Boundaries: MIMU / OCHA COD-AB v01, valid from February 2024, CC BY 3.0 IGO. Bagoโs two and Shanโs three humanitarian areas are merged into their parent region and state. Waters: Natural Earth, public domain, clipped to Myanmar with a small river border margin. City coordinates are curated. These generalised reference maps do not show current control, ethnic homelands, navigation conditions or maritime claims.
Heritage and landscapes
Essential ยท Cultural landscape
Bagan
Baganโs temples, stupas, monasteries and living communities form one World Heritage property, inscribed in 2019. This representative pin locates the wider landscape rather than an entrance or a single monument.
Locate sixteen places across Myanmarโs temple plains, river valleys, uplands and island coast. Bagan and the three Pyu cities represent the countryโs two World Heritage properties; other pins introduce additional religious, archaeological and natural landscapes. Older photographs and descriptions do not establish present conditions. Essential and Worth a detour indicate learning priorities, not a travel itinerary or safe access. Conflict, restrictions and earthquake damage can affect these places. Check current official advice before planning any journey. Select a pin to read about a place, then play the map and find them all.
Take Burmese with you
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on.
Keep going one country deeper
When you have had your fill of Myanmar, the countries marked guide have a page like this one, and every other has maps of its own.
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