Burma Districts
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Burma was a province of the Bengal Presidency until 1937.
The administrative districts were:
Division | District Name | District Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Pegu
Lower Burma |
Hanthawaddy
Split in 1912 into
|
Rangoon |
Pegu | Pegu | |
Tharrawaddy | Tharrawaddy | |
Prome | Prome | |
Arakan
Lower Burma |
Akyab | Akyab |
Northern Arakan
(or Arakan Hill Tracts) |
Paletwa | |
Kyaukpyu | Kyaukpyu | |
Sandoway | Sandoway | |
Irrawaddy
Lower Burma |
Bassein | Bassein |
Myaungmya | Myaungmya | |
Ma-ubin | Ma-ubin | |
Pyapon | Pyapon | |
Henzada | Henzada | |
Tenasserim
Lower Burma |
Toungoo | Toungoo |
Salween | Papun | |
Thaton | Thaton | |
Amherst | Moulmein | |
Tavoy | Tavoy | |
Mergui | Mergui | |
Mandalay
Upper Burma |
Mandalay | Mandalay |
Bhamo | Bhamo | |
Myitkyina | Myitkyina | |
Katha | Katha | |
Ruby Mines | Mogok | |
Meiktila
Upper Burma |
Kyaukse | Kyaukse |
Meiktila | Meiktila | |
Yamethin | Yamethin | |
Myingyan | Myingyan | |
Minbu
Upper Burma |
Thayetmyo | Thayetmyo |
Minbu | Minbu | |
Magwe | Magwe | |
Pakokku | Pakokku | |
Sagaing
Upper Burma |
Sagaing | Sagaing |
Lower Chindwin | Monywa | |
Upper Chindwin | Kindat |
In addition there were areas such as the Northern Shan States, Southern Shan States, Chin Hills, and Pakokku Chin Hills.
Also see
External links
Historical books online
- Burma Imperial Gazetteer
- The Hill Tracts of Arakan by Major W. Gwynne Hughes 1881 Archive.org.
- The Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series Burma 1908 Volume I, Volume II Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.