Change History of MIMU Pcode Version 9.0 vs 9.1
The major changes between Version 9, released in September 2019 and the new Version 9.1 are based on the latest gazette issued by general administration department (GAD) and information provided by field offices and government departments. 5 new towns and 39 wards were formed from 13 village tracts and 67 villages. As the result of 4 village tracts split into 5 new village tracts were formed. There are 286 new villages mainly are in Kengtung District and Nay Pyi Taw. Names of 4 village tracts and 3 villages were changed in Ayeyarwady, Bago, Kachin and Rakhine. In addition to that, the coordinates of 591 villages were newly added and the coordinates of 246 villages were updated for Kengtung District, Shan (east) State.
No. of New Administrative Units State/Region Town Ward Village Tracts Villages Ayeyarwady 2 1 1 Bago (East) 3 6 Bago (West) 6 Chin 1 2 Kachin 1 5 Kayah Kayin Mandalay 2 1 Mon 1 Nay Pyi Taw 37 Rakhine 2 24 1 Sagaing 2 Shan (East) 230 Shan (South) 1 4 1 Tanintharyi 1 Grand Total 5 39 5 286
No. of Updated Existing Village Tracts State/Region Name Change Split Upgraded to Town Upgraded to Ward Grand Total Ayeyarwady 1 1 Bago (East) 1 1 2 Chin 1 1 Kachin 2 2 Mandalay 1 1 Mon 1 1 Rakhine 1 3 6 10 Shan (South) 1 1 Grand Total 4 3 5 7 19
No. of Updated Existing Villages State/Region Administratively Move Name Change Upgraded to Ward Grand Total Ayeyarwady 3 1 4 8 Bago (East) 6 2 8 Chin 1 1 Kachin 6 6 Mandalay 3 3 Mon 2 2 Rakhine 41 41 Shan (North) 1 1 Shan (South) 12 12 Grand Total 12 3 67 82
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1) Urban Area 1.1) New Towns There are 5 new towns formed in 4 states namely in Rakhine (2 towns), Chin, Kachin and Shan (south) (1 town in each). State Township Town_Pcode Town_Name_Eng Town_Name_MMR Chin Hakha MMR004002702 Surkhua Town ဆူရ်ခ ွား Kachin Mohnyin MMR001007705 Nam Mar Town နန်ွားမ ွား Rakhine Ramree MMR012013702 Lay Taung Town လ ွားလ င် Rakhine Toungup MMR012016703 Tan Hlwe Ywar Ma Town န်ွား ွဲရ မ Shan (South) Nyaungshwe MMR014002702 Nang Pang Town နန်ွားပန်
1.2) New Wards There are 39 wards newly formed in 6 State and Regions, mainly in Rakhine (24 wards), followed by Kachin (5), Shan (south) (4), Ayeyarwady, Chin and Mandalay (2 in each). Town Ward_Pcode Ward_Name_Eng Ward_Name_MMR Ayeyarwady Region, Kyaunggon Township Kyaunggon Town MMR017007701504 No (4) Ward အမှ ် (၄) ရပ်က က် Kyaunggon Town MMR017007701504 No (5) Ward အမှ ် (၅) ရပ်က က် Chin State, Hakha Township Surkhua Town MMR004002702501 Hseng Lo Tar Ward ဆ ိုင် ိုသ ရ်ရပ်က က် Surkhua Town MMR004002702502 Sa Lung Pu Ward ဆ ိုပူွားရပ်က က် Kachin State, Mohnyin Township Nam Mar Town MMR001007705505 Chaung Thar Ward လခ င်ွားသ ရပ်က က် Nam Mar Town MMR001007705501 Myo Ma Yan Aung Ward မမ ြို့မရန်လအ င်ရပ်က က် Nam Mar Town MMR001007705504 Nan Thar Yar Ward နန်ွားသ ယ ရပ်က က် Nam Mar Town MMR001007705502 Nyaung Kone Ward လ င်ကိုန်ွားရပ်က က် Nam Mar Town MMR001007705503 Shan Su Ward ရှမ်ွားစိုရပ်က က် Mandalay Region, Pyigyitagon Township Pyigyitagon Town MMR010005701517 (Nya) Ward ( ) ရပ်က က် Pyigyitagon Town MMR010005701518 (Ta Ta Lin Cheik) Ward (ဋ) ရပ်က က် Rakhine State, Kyaukpyu Township Kyaukpyu Town MMR012011701516 Ka Nyin Taw Ward က င်လ ရပ်က က် Kyaukpyu Town MMR012011701515 Ku Lar Bar Taung Ward ကို ွားဘ လ င်ရပ်က က် Kyaukpyu Town MMR012011701514 Nga La Pwayt Ward င လပြို့ရပ်က က် Kyaukpyu Town MMR012011701511 Pyin Hpyu Maw Ward ပပင်ပ ြူလမ ်ရပ်က က် Kyaukpyu Town MMR012011701512 Taung Yin Ward လ င်ရင်ွားရပ်က က် Kyaukpyu Town MMR012011701517 Toe Cheit Ward ိုွားခ ွဲြို့ရပ်က က် Kyaukpyu Town MMR012011701513 Zay Di Ward လစ ီရပ်ကက် Rakhine State, Maungdaw Township Maungdaw Town MMR012009701507 Ka Nyin Tan Ward က င် န်ွားရပ်က က် Maungdaw Town MMR012009701512 Let Thar Ward က်သ ရပ်က က် Maungdaw Town MMR012009701508 Maung Ni Ward လမ င်နီရပ်ကက် Maungdaw Town MMR012009701509 Myo Thu Gyi Ward မမ ြို့သူကကီွားရပ်က က် Maungdaw Town MMR012009701511 Myo U Ward မမ ြို့ဦွားရပ်က က် Maungdaw Town MMR012009701510 Wai Thar Li Ward လေသ ီရပ်ကက်
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Rakhine State, Ramree Township Lay Taung Town MMR012013702501 No (1) Ward အမှ ် (၁) ရပ်က က် Lay Taung Town MMR012013702502 No (2) Ward အမှ ် (၂) ရပ်က က် Lay Taung Town MMR012013702503 No (3) Ward အမှ ် (၃) ရပ်က က် Lay Taung Town MMR012013702504 No (4) Ward အမှ ် (၄) ရပ်က က် Lay Taung Town MMR012013702505 No (5) Ward အမှ ် (၅) ရပ်က က် Rakhine State, Toungup Township Tan Hlwe Ywar Ma Town MMR012016703501 No (1) (Ah Htet Paing) Ward အမှ ် (၁) (အထက်ပ ိုင်ွား) ရပ်က က် Tan Hlwe Ywar Ma Town MMR012016703502 No (2) (Ah Lel Paing) Ward အမှ ် (၂) (အ ယ်ပ ိုင်ွား) ရပ်က က် Tan Hlwe Ywar Ma Town MMR012016703503 No (3) (Auk Paing) Ward အမှ ် (၃) (လအ က်ပ ိုင်ွား) ရပ်က က် Tan Hlwe Ywar Ma Town MMR012016703504 No (4) (Ywar Thit) Ward အမှ ် (၄) (ရ သစ်) ရပ်က က် Tan Hlwe Ywar Ma Town MMR012016703505 No (5) (Ku Toet Seik) Ward အမှ ် (၅) (ကူွားိုို့ဆ ပ်) ရပ်က က် No (6) (Maw Hla Maw) Tan Hlwe Ywar Ma Town MMR012016703506 Ward အမှ ် (၆) (လမ ် ှလမ ်) ရပ်က က် Shan (South) State, Nyaugshwe Township Nang Pang Town MMR014002702501 No (1) Ward အမှ ် (၁) ရပ်က က် Nang Pang Town MMR014002702502 No (2) Ward အမှ ် (၂) ရပ်က က် Nang Pang Town MMR014002702503 No (3) Ward အမှ ် (၃) ရပ်က က် Nang Pang Town MMR014002702504 No (4) Ward အမှ ် (၄) ရပ်က က်
2) Rural Area 2.1) Upgrading Village Tracts to Towns
5 village tracts were upgraded to 3 new towns in Chin, Shan (south) and Rakhine. Village Tract Upgraded Town No. State/Region Township Pcode Name Pcode Name 1 Chin Hakha MMR004002017 Surkhua MMR004002702 Surkhua Town 2 Shan (South) Nyaungshwe MMR014002012 Nang Pang MMR014002702 Nang Pang Town MMR012013030 Sa Par Ton 3 Rakhine Ramree MMR012013029 Tha Yet Cho MMR012013702 Lay Taung Town MMR012013028 Za Yat Pyin
2.2) Upgrading Parts of Village Tracts to Town Nam Mar Town in Mohnyin Township, Kachin State and Tan Hlwe Ywar Ma Town in Toungup Township, Rakhine State were formed from part of village tracts shown in following table.
Kachin State, Mohnyin Township Parts of two village tracts were upgraded to a new town and then were changed their names. Before After Village Tract Village_Pcode Village Village Tract Village_Pcode Village Nam Mar 166578 Ah Lel Taw Ah Lel Taw 166578 Ah Lel Taw Nam Mar 166576 Nan Hkam Nam Mar 166573 Nyaung Kone Nam Mar 166579 Nyaung Lay Pin upgraded to Nam Mar Town Nam Mar 166575 Shan Paing Nam Mar 166577 Thar Yar Kone Nam Mar 166574 Wet Kone Myo Ma Nyaung Pin Thar 166571 Hka Yu Chaung Let Pan Tan 166572 Hpa Yar Kwin Nyaung Pin Thar 166572 Hpa Yar Kwin Let Pan Tan 166570 Let Pan Tan Nyaung Pin Thar 166570 Let Pan Tan upgraded to Nam Mar Town Nyaung Pin Thar 166569 Nyaung Pin Thar
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Rakhine State, Toungup Township One whole village tract and one part of village tract were upgraded to a new town and then the remaining village tract was changed its name. Before After Village Tract Village_Pcode Village Village Tract Village_Pcode Village Ywar Ma 199633 Kha Maung Chaing Kha Maung Chaing 199633 Kha Maung Chaing Ywar Ma 199631 Ywar Ma Ywar Ma 199632 Ywar Ma Ywar Thit Upgraded to Tan Hlwe Ywar Ma Town Ku Toet Seik 199634 Ku Toet Seik Ku Toet Seik 221927 Maw Hla Maw
2.3) Upgrading Village Tracts to Wards 7 village tracts were upgraded to 17 wards in Mandalay and Rakhine. State/ Village Tract Upgraded Ward No. Township Region Pcode Name Pcode Name (Nya) Ward and (Ta Ta Lin Cheik) Ward 1 Mandalay Patheingyi MMR010007049 Zee Oke in Pyigyitagon Town 2 Rakhine Kyaukpyu MMR012011001 Pyin Hpyu Maw MMR012011701511 Pyin Hpyu Maw Ward 3 Rakhine Kyaukpyu MMR012011002 Taung Yin Total 6 villages to 6 wards 4 Rakhine Maungdaw MMR012009062 Ka Nyin Tan Total 2 villages to 2 wards 5 Rakhine Maungdaw MMR012009063 Myo Thu Gyi Total 6 villages to 2 wards 6 Rakhine Maungdaw MMR012009061 Myo U Total 8 villages to 2 wards 7 Rakhine Toungup MMR012016013 Ku Toet Seik Total 2 villages to 2 wards The detailed list can be found in the file named “MIMU_PCode_ChangeHistory_Version9_to_Version9.1_23Jan2020.xlsx”.
2.4) Splitting one Village Tract into one or more Village Tracts 4 village tracts were split into new 5 village tracts mainly in Bago (east) (3 village tracts), followed by Ayeyarwady and Mon (1 village tract in each). Villages codes will not be changed but mother code of villages which moved to new village tract will be changed as shown in the following example.
New Split Village New Split Village No. State/Region Township VT_Pcode Village Tract Tract Tract Code 1 Ayeyarwady Wakema MMR017017127 Yae Lel Kyun Pan Ku MMR017017128 Auk Gwayt Gyi MMR007004056 2 Bago (East) Waw MMR007004043 Gwayt Gyi Boe Sein Dar Su MMR007004057 3 Bago (East) Waw MMR007004052 Ah Bar/ Kyon Eik Kayin Su MMR007004058 4 Mon Paung MMR011008018 Yin Nyein (North) Tha Byu Chaung MMR011008051
2.5) Village Tracts with Changed Names Total 4 village tracts were changed their names, mainly happened in Kachin (2 village tracts), Bao (east) and Rakhine (1 in each). Changed Named in State/Region Township VT_Pcode Previous Name Changed Name MMR Bago (East) Waw MMR007004052 Kyon Eik Ah Bar အဘ ွား Kachin Mohnyin MMR001007012 Nam Mar Ah Lel Taw အ ယ်လ Kachin Mohnyin MMR001007011 Nyaung Pin Thar Let Pan Tan က်ပ န်ွား Rakhine Toungup MMR012016012 Ywar Ma Kha Maung Chaing ခလမ င်ွားခ င်
2.6) New Villages There are total 286 villages which were newly registered, mainly in Shan (east) (230 villages) and Nay Pyi Taw (37). The detailed list can be found in the file named “MIMU_PCode_ChangeHistory_Version9_to_Version9.1_23Jan2020.xlsx”.
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2.7) Villages with Changed Administrative Unit There are 12 villages which were administratively moved to either new or existing village tracts, mostly in Bago (east) (6 villages) and Ayeyarwady (3 villages). The place codes of moved villages do not change but its mother codes or village tract codes are changed.
Previous Current Village State/Region Township Village VT_Pcode Village Tract VT_Pcode Village Tract Pcode Ayeyarwady Wakema Yae Lel Kyun MMR017017127 MMR017017128 Pan Ku 157380 Ka Ka Lu Ayeyarwady Wakema Yae Lel Kyun MMR017017127 MMR017017128 Pan Ku 158752 Pan Ku Ayeyarwady Wakema Yae Lel Kyun MMR017017127 MMR017017128 Pan Ku 157379 Tha Pyu Kwin Bago (East) Waw Gwayt Gyi MMR007004043 MMR007004056 Auk Gwayt Gyi 178820 Auk Gwayt Gyi Bago (East) Waw Gwayt Gyi MMR007004043 MMR007004056 Auk Gwayt Gyi 178821 Pauk Kan Boe Sein Dar Boe Sein Dar MMR007004057 Bago (East) Waw Gwayt Gyi MMR007004043 Su 178824 Su Bago (East) Waw Ah Bar MMR007004052 MMR007004058 Kayin Su 178851 Hpa Lauk Bago (East) Waw Ah Bar MMR007004052 MMR007004058 Kayin Su 178849 Kayin Su Kyon Eik Ka Bago (East) Waw Ah Bar MMR007004052 MMR007004058 Kayin Su 178850 Pin Yin Nyein Tha Byu Mon Paung North) MMR011008018 MMR011008051 Chaung 195705 Day Ba Rein Yin Nyein Tha Byu Tha Byu Mon Paung North) MMR011008018 MMR011008051 Chaung 195704 Chaung Kone Shan (North) Hseni Nyaung MMR015002019 MMR015002020 Kun Kauk 206340 Man Hei
2.8) Upgrading Villages to Wards Total 67 villages were upgraded to wards, majority in Rakhine (41 villages), Shan (south) (12), Kachin (6), Ayeyarwady (4), Mandalay (3) and Chin (1). The detailed list can be found in the file named “MIMU_PCode_ChangeHistory_Version9_to_Version9.1_23Jan2020.xlsx”.
2.9) Villages with Changed Names Names of 3 villages were changed in Ayeyarwady and Bago (east).
Changed Village Village Previous Village Changed Region Township Village Name Tract Pcode Name Village Name in MMR Ayeyarwady Pathein Baw Mi 218491 Mee Laung Gyai Mee Lin Gyai မီွားင်ွားဂ င် Bago (East) Kyauktaga Htee Lat 179154 Ah Yaing Su Ah Yin Su အယဉ်စို Bago (East) Waw Ah Bar 178848 Kyon Eik Ah Bar အဘ ွား
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3) Number of Admin Units by State/Region (Pcode version 9.1 as of January 2020)
District Township Town Ward Village Tract Village
In Deleted Deleted State/Region Field Deleted Field Field Deleted Deleted Field Deleted Field Deleted GAD Total GAD Total GAD City Total GAD Total GAD (Field Total GAD (Field Total Sources by GAD Sources Sources by GAD by GAD Sources by GAD Sources by GAD Area Sources) Sources)
Ayeyarwady 6 6 26 26 45 45 302 302 1,920 9 1,929 11,861 256 509 60 12,686 Bago (East) 2 2 14 14 29 29 198 198 731 14 745 2,884 7 146 3,037 Bago (West) 2 2 14 14 23 23 130 130 686 7 693 3,615 50 3,665 Chin 4 4 9 9 20 20 72 72 463 8 471 1,342 129 31 2 1,504 Kachin 4 4 18 18 33 33 177 177 594 1 9 604 2,539 495 119 3,153 Kayah 2 2 7 7 10 10 44 44 74 6 80 517 10 188 715 Kayin 4 4 7 7 18 18 86 86 376 1 377 2,097 42 16 2,155 Magway 5 5 25 25 32 32 201 201 1,538 7 1,545 4,788 111 4,899 Mandalay 7 7 28 28 30 5 35 282 282 1,414 8 1,421 4,797 111 63 4,971 Mon 2 2 10 10 17 17 58 58 367 19 386 1,143 162 1,305 Nay Pyi Taw 2 2 8 8 8 1 9 106 106 187 3 190 796 53 58 907 Rakhine 5 5 17 17 28 28 199 199 1,036 16 1,052 3,701 51 444 1 4,197 Sagaing 11 11 37 37 50 1 51 271 2 273 1,755 21 1 1,777 5,991 116 409 3 6,519 Shan (East) 3 1 1 5 10 5 15 18 5 23 80 80 192 26 7 225 2,906 613 909 4,428 Shan (North) 7 3 1 11 24 21 45 32 22 54 188 188 948 156 65 1,169 6,083 1,162 970 1 8,216 Shan (South) 3 3 21 21 37 37 250 250 421 3 424 4,773 1,174 5,947 Tanintharyi 3 3 10 10 18 18 90 90 267 267 1,238 28 11 1,277 Yangon 4 4 45 45 21 29 50 743 1 744 621 7 1 629 2,143 42 72 3 2,260
Grand Total 76 4 2 82 330 26 356 469 27 35 1 532 3477* 3 3,480 13,590 183 210 2 13,984 63,214 3,115 5,442 70 71,841
GAD – General Administration Department, Ministry of Office of the Union Government Field Sources – Organizations/ government departments who implementing projects locally
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