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Administrative divisions of Myanmar

Myanmar is divided into 21 administrative divisions, which include seven regions, seven states, one union territory, one self-administered division, and five self-administered zones.

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Air Bagan

Air Bagan Limited (အဲပုဂံ) was an airline headquartered in Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar.

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Anawrahta

Anawrahta Minsaw (အနော်ရထာ မင်းစော,; 11 May 1014 – 11 April 1077) was the founder of the Pagan Empire.

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Anawrahta of Launggyet

Anawrahta Minsaw (အနော်ရထာ မင်းစော,; d. March 1408) was king of Launggyet Arakan from 1406 to 1408.

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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi (born 19 June 1945), sometimes abbreviated to Suu Kyi, is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and a 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as State Counsellor of Myanmar (equivalent to a prime minister) and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2021.

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Bamar people

The Bamar are a Sino-Tibetan-speaking ethnic group native to Myanmar.

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Border Roads Organisation

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India.

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British Armed Forces

The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Burma campaign (1942–1943)

The Burma campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II took place over four years from 1942 to 1945.

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Burmese calendar

The Burmese calendar (မြန်မာသက္ကရာဇ်,, or ကောဇာသက္ကရာဇ်,; Burmese Era (BE) or Myanmar Era (ME)) is a lunisolar calendar in which the months are based on lunar months and years are based on sidereal years.

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Burmese language

Burmese is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar, where it is the official language, lingua franca, and the native language of the Bamar, the country's principal ethnic group.

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Chin people

The Chin people are an ethnic group native to the Chin State of Myanmar.

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Chindwin River

The Chindwin River (Chindwin Myin), also known as the Ningthi River (Ningthi Turel), is a river flowing entirely in Myanmar, and the largest tributary of the country's main river, the Irrawaddy. Its official name is also spelled Chindwinn.

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Chinese temple architecture

Chinese temple architecture refer to a type of structures used as place of worship of Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, or Chinese folk religion, where people revere ethnic Chinese gods and ancestors.

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Christians

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Church (building)

A church, church building, or church house is a building used for Christian worship services and other Christian religious activities.

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DAFIF

The Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File or DAFIF is a comprehensive database of up-to-date aeronautical data, including information on airports, airways, airspaces, navigation data, and other facts relevant to flying in the entire world, managed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) of the United States.

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Districts of Myanmar

Districts (ခရိုင်, Kharuing) are the second-level administrative divisions of Myanmar.

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Flash flood

A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low-lying areas: washes, rivers, dry lakes and depressions.

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Gangaw

Gangaw (ဂန့်ဂေါမြို့) is a town of Gangaw Township in Gangaw District in the Magway Division in Myanmar. Kalay and Gangaw are township capitals of Myanmar.

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Government of India

The Government of India (IAST: Bhārat Sarkār, legally the Union Government or Union of India and colloquially known as the Central Government) is the central executive authority of the Republic of India, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories.

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Hindu temple

A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Koil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers.

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Hkonmaing

Hkonmaing (ခုံမှိုင်း, ၶုၼ်မိူင်း; also Hkonmaing Nge, Sao Hkun Mong;Aung Tun 2009: 104 1497–1545) was king of Ava from 1542 to 1545.

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Hsipaw State

Hsipaw (သီႇပေႃႉ), also known as Thibaw (သီပေါနယ်), was a Shan state in what is today Myanmar.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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India–Myanmar border

The India–Myanmar border is the international border between India and Myanmar (formerly Burma).

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India–Myanmar relations

India–Myanmar relations, also known as the Indo–Burmese relations, are the bilateral relations between the Republic of India and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

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India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway

India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway (IMT Highway), long route, is a 4-lane highway under construction under India's Look East policy that will connect Moreh, India with Mae Sot, Thailand via Myanmar.

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Ironwood

Ironwood is a common name for many woods or plants that have a reputation for hardness, or specifically a wood density that is heavier than water (approximately 1000 kg/m3, or 62 pounds per cubic foot), although usage of the name ironwood in English may or may not indicate a tree that yields such heavy wood.

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Kalaymyo Airport

Kalaymyo Airport is a domestic airport serving Kalaymyo (a.k.a. Kalay or Kalemyo), a town in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar.

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Kale District

Kale District (also called Kalemyo District) is the westernmost district in Sagaing Division of Myanmar (Burma).

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Kale Kye-Taung Nyo

Kale Kye-Taung Nyo (ကလေး ကျေးတောင် ညို,; also spelled Kale Kyetaungnyo or Kalekyetaungnyo;The name ကလေး ကျေးတောင် ညို literally means Nyo of Kale Kye-Taung. (Harvey 1925: 96) transliterates the name as Kalekyetaungnyo, and (Aung-Thwin 2017: 82–83) as Kale Kye Taung Nyo.

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Kale Township

Kale Township is a township in Kale District in the Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar).

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Kalewa

Kalewa is a town at the confluence of the Chindwin River and the Myittha River in Kale District, Sagaing Region of north-western Myanmar. Kalay and Kalewa are township capitals of Myanmar.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kyaung

A kyaung is a monastery (vihara), comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Buddhist monks.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Mandalay

Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Kalay and Mandalay are township capitals of Myanmar.

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Manipur River

Manipur River (ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔ ꯇꯨꯔꯦꯜ|Manipur Turel; Manipur Myit), also called Kathe Khyoung (Meitei watercourse), is a river in India's Manipur state that flows into Chin State of Myanmar, where it merges with the Myittha River, a tributary of the Chindwin river.

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Mingalar Aviation Services

Mingalar Aviation Services (မင်္ဂလာ လေကြောင်းပို့ဆောင်ရေးလုပ်ငန်း) formerly known as Air Kanbawza or Air KBZ, is a privately owned domestic airline in Myanmar based in Yangon.

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Mon language

The Mon language (ဘာသာမန်; Mon-Thai ဘာသာမည်; မွန်ဘာသာစကား; ภาษามอญ; formerly known as Peguan and Talaing) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon people.

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Monywa

Monywa is the largest city in Sagaing Region, Myanmar, located north-west of Mandalay on the eastern bank of the River Chindwin. Kalay and Monywa are township capitals of Myanmar.

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Mosque

A mosque, also called a masjid, is a place of worship for Muslims.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Myanmar National Airlines

Myanmar National Airlines (မြန်မာအမျိုးသားလေကြောင်း), formerly Union of Burma Airways, Burma Airways, and Myanma Airways, is a state-owned airline and the flag carrier of Myanmar, based in Yangon.

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Myanmar Standard Time

Myanmar Standard Time (မြန်မာ စံတော်ချိန်), formerly Burma Standard Time (BST), is the standard time in Myanmar, 6.5 hours ahead of UTC.

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Myittha River

Myittha River (မြစ်သာမြစ်) is a river of western Burma, a tributary of the Chindwin River.

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Northeast India

Northeast India, officially the North Eastern Region (NER), is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political administrative division of the country. It comprises eight states—Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura (commonly known as the "Seven Sisters"), and the "brother" state of Sikkim.

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Norwegian Meteorological Institute

The Norwegian Meteorological Institute (Meteorologisk institutt), also known internationally as MET Norway, is Norway's national meteorological institute.

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Nun

A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service and contemplation, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent.

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Paddy field

A paddy field is a flooded field of arable land used for growing semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro.

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Pea

Pea (pisum in Latin) is a pulse, vegetable or fodder crop, but the word often refers to the seed or sometimes the pod of this flowering plant species.

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Pterocarpus indicus

Pterocarpus indicus (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra (from Tagalog) and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species of Pterocarpus native to southeastern Asia, northern Australasia, and the western Pacific Ocean islands, in Cambodia, southernmost China, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Saffron Revolution

The Saffron Revolution (ရွှေဝါရောင်တော်လှန်ရေး) was a series of economic and political protests and demonstrations that took place during August, September, and October 2007 in Myanmar.

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Sagaing Region

Sagaing Region (စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး,; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east.

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Seminary

A seminary, school of theology, theological college, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture and theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, in academics, or mostly in Christian ministry.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalay

Also known as Kalaymyo, Kalaymyo, Myanmar, Kale, Burma, Kale, Myanmar, Kalemyo.

, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Nun, Paddy field, Pea, Pterocarpus indicus, Saffron Revolution, Sagaing Region, Seminary, Shorea ovata, Shorea robusta, Sokkate, State of emergency, Tabodwe, Tamu, Myanmar, Tarabya, Teak, Theravada, Thiri Zeya Thura of Taungdwin, Townships of Myanmar, Tropic of Cancer, Tropical savanna climate, World Meteorological Organization, World War II, Yangon.

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