A village (Burmese: ကျေးရွာ, kyei-ywa; or ရွာ, ywa) is the smallest subdivision of Myanmar's rural village tracts. [1] As of August 2015, there are 70,838 villages in Myanmar. [1]

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.

A village tract (Burmese: ကျေးရွာအုပ်စု; also spelt village-tract), also called overvillage, is a fourth-level administrative subdivision of Myanmar's rural townships. [1] As of August 2015, there are 13,602 village tracts in Myanmar, consisting of 70,838 villages. [1] The equivalent for urban townships is a ward.

As of December 2019, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is constituted of 14 States and Regions plus 1 Union Territory, 75 districts, 330 townships, 469 towns, 3470 Wards, 13,590 village tracts and 63,214 villages.

Jan 10, 2025 · An airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group killed about 40 people and injured at least 20 others, officials of the group and a local...

Jan 17, 2024 · In this chapter, I explore how Myanmar villages are organised and what the essence of a Myanmar village is. I suggest that a Japanese village is a “ collective for production” and a Myanmar village is a “ community for living”.

Aug 17, 2023 · The Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development has embarked on an ambitious mission, bringing the smart village establishment project to life across Myanmar. Pres­ently active in 43 villages, this initiative is set to expand its reach to 45 villages in total.

Mar 30, 2016 · Ottamasara has dubbed the project Saytanar (or Mercy) village and is building a new village, a few dozen kilometres away. Only one thing is asked of those wanting to move into the new...

3 days ago · The attack was near an office in Sin Gut village, in central Myanmar’s Myingyan township, occupied by members of a pro-democracy People’s Defense Force, or PDF, groups of fighters that sprang ...

Three-quarters of the population of Myanmar live in rural areas. As painter and writer Ma Thanegi reports, many of their traditional ways of life remain, at least for now, untouched by the march of progress.