Myanmar (also known as Burma) is an ethnically diverse country with a complex administrative and ethnic structure. Myanmar is divided into 15 primary administrative divisions, which include: Kachin State, Kayah State, Kayin State, Chin State, Mon State, Rakhine State, Shan State, Ayeyarwady Region, Bago Region, Magway Region, Mandalay Region, Sagaing Region, Tanintharyi Region, Yangon Region, Union Territory: Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory (capital).
Myanmar officially recognizes 135 ethnic groups, which are grouped into 8 major “ethnic races”: Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Mon, Burma, Rakhane and Shan.
