Myanmar units of measurement

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The traditional Burmese units of measurement were a system of measurement used in Myanmar.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Myanmar was one of three countries that had not adopted the International System of Units (SI) metric system as their official system of weights and measures according to the 2010 CIA Factbook.[1] However, in June 2011, U Kyaw Htoo from the Myanmar government's Ministry of Commerce began discussing proposals to reform the measurement system in Burma and adopt the kilogram for domestic trade, reasoning that this would simplify foreign trade which it conducts exclusively in metric;[2] and in October 2013, Pwint San, Deputy Minister for Commerce, announced that the country was preparing to adopt the metric system.[3]

Template:Asof, Myanmar government web pages in English used imperial and metric units inconsistently. For instance, the Ministry of Construction used miles to describe the length of roads[4] and square feet for the size of houses,[5] but square kilometres for the total land area of new town developments in Yangon City.[5] Template:Asof the Ministry of Agriculture used acres for land areas.[6] Template:Asof the Ministry of Foreign Affairs used kilometres (with mile equivalents in parentheses) to describe the dimensions of the country.[7]

Length

Table of length units
Unit Metric Imperial/US Ratio to
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Burmese Romanized
Script error: No such module "Lang". sanchi 79.375 μm <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />3+1⁄8 thou/mil
Script error: No such module "Lang". hnan 793.75 μm <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />31+1⁄4 thou/mil 10
Script error: No such module "Lang". muyaw 4.7625 mm <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />3⁄16 in 6
Script error: No such module "Lang". let thit 19.05 mm <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />3⁄4 in; one digit 4
Script error: No such module "Lang". maik 152.4 mm 6 in; one shaftment 8
Script error: No such module "Lang". htwa 228.6 mm 9 in; one span 1.5
Script error: No such module "Lang". taung 457.2 mm <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄2 ft; one cubit 2
Script error: No such module "Lang". lan 1.8288 m 6 ft; one fathom 4
Script error: No such module "Lang". ta 3.2004 m <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />10+1⁄2 ft 1.75
Script error: No such module "Lang". out-thaba
(from Pali Script error: No such module "lang".) 		64.008 m 70 yd 20
Script error: No such module "Lang". kawtha
(from Pali Script error: No such module "lang".) 		1.28016 km 0.795455 mi 20
Script error: No such module "Lang". ga-wout
(from Pali Script error: No such module "lang".) 		5.12064 km 3.18182 mi;
about one league 		4
Script error: No such module "Lang". yuzana
(from Pali Script error: No such module "lang".) 		20.48256 km 12.7273 mi 4

Mass

Table of mass units
Unit Metric Imperial/US Ratio to
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Burmese Romanized
Script error: No such module "Lang". yway lay 136.078 mg 2.1 grain
Script error: No such module "Lang". yway gyi 272.155 mg 4.2 grain 2
Script error: No such module "Lang". petha 1.02058 g 15.75 grain 3.75
Script error: No such module "Lang". mutha 2.04117 g 31.5 grain 2
Script error: No such module "Lang". mattha 4.08233 g 63 grain 2
Script error: No such module "Lang". nga mutha[N 1] 8.16466 g 0.288 oz 2
Script error: No such module "Lang". kyattha[N 2] 16.3293 g 0.576 oz 2
Script error: No such module "Lang". awettha 204.117 g 7.2 oz 12.5
Script error: No such module "Lang". aseittha 408.233 g 14.4 oz 2
Script error: No such module "Lang". ngase tha 816.466 g 1.8 lb 2
Script error: No such module "Lang". peittha[N 3] 1.63293 kg 3.6 lb 2
Script error: No such module "Lang". achein taya 163.293 kg 360 lb 100
  1. ↑ Literally "five mutha", but in fact it is only four.
  2. ↑ Traditionally known as a tical in English.
  3. ↑ Traditionally known as a viss in English.

Volume

Table of volume units
Unit Metric Imperial US Ratio to
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Burmese Romanized
လမြူ la myu 79.9118 mL <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />2+13⁄16 fl oz 2.70214 fl oz
Script error: No such module "Lang". la myet 159.824 mL <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />5+5⁄8 fl oz 5.40428 fl oz 2
Script error: No such module "Lang". la me 319.647 mL <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />11+1⁄4 fl oz 10.8086 fl oz 2
Script error: No such module "Lang". sa le 639.294 mL <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 pints 1.35107 pints 2
Script error: No such module "Lang". hkwet 1.27859 L <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 qt 1.35107 qt 2
Script error: No such module "Lang". pyi 2.55718 L <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />2+1⁄4 qt 2.70214 qt 2
Script error: No such module "Lang". seit 10.2287 L <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />2+1⁄4 gallons
<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 pecks 		2.70214 gallons
1.16106 pecks 		4
Script error: No such module "Lang". hkwe 20.4574 L <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />4+1⁄2 gallons
<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />2+1⁄4 pecks 		5.40428 gallons
2.32213 pecks 		2
Script error: No such module "Lang". tin 40.9148 L 9 gallons
<templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄8 bushels 		10.8086 gallons
1.16107 bushels 		2

Money

Table of money units
Unit Equivalent to
Burmese Romanized pya mu mat nga mu kyat
Script error: No such module "Lang". 1 pya 1 <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄10 <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄25 <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄50 <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄100
Script error: No such module "Lang". 1 mu 10 1 <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />2⁄5 <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄5 <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄10
Script error: No such module "Lang". 1 mat 25 <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />2+1⁄2 1 <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄2 <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄4
Script error: No such module "Lang". 5 mu (nga mu) 50 5 2 1 <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄2
Script error: No such module "Lang". 1 kyat 100 10 4 2 1

Adoption of SI (metric) system

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Speed limit road sign using kilometres per hour in Amarapura

In October 2013, the Ministry of Commerce announced that Myanmar was preparing to adopt the International System of Units (SI) as the country's official system of measurement.[3]

Examples of metrication in Myanmar include weather forecasts by the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology being given with temperatures in Celsius.[8] Petrol in Myanmar is sold with prices in Burmese kyat per litre (K/L).[9][10] Speed limits in Myanmar are given by law in kilometres per hour (km/h).[11][12]

See also

References

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  9. ↑ Fuel prices on the rise | The Myanmar Times
  10. ↑ Petrol Prices March 2014 in Yangon, Myanmar
  11. ↑ Road Safety in Myanmar (Road Safety 2030 High level Action For Road Safety) - Recommendations of an Expert Mission invited by the Government of Myanmar and supported by the Suu Foundation. Paris, April 2017, page 13 of 21 "A national speed limit law featuring maximum speed limits on urban roads (48 km/h) and rural roads (80 km/h)"
  12. ↑ Strict speed limit enforcement begins in Mandalay | The Myanmar Times

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Bibliography

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