Myanmar divided into seven states and seven regions , formerly called divisions. The announcement on the renaming of division to regions was made on 20 August 2010. States, in essence, are regions that are home to particular ethnic minorities. The administrative divisions are further subdivided into districts, which are further subdivided into townships, wards, and villages.
Below are the number of districts, townships, cities/towns, wards, village Groups and villages in each divisions and states of Burma as of 31 December 2001: