Old Names and New Names Old Name New Name Burma Myanmar Rangoon Yangon Pagan Bagan Akyab Sittwe Amherst Kyaikkami Arakan Rakhine Bassein Pathein Maymyo Pyin U Lwin aka. Pyin Oo Lwin Moulmein Mawlamyine Myohaung Mrauk U Pegu Bago Prome Pyay(Pyi) Sandoway Thandwe Syriam Thanlyin Yaunghwe Nyaung Shwe Irrawaddy River Ayeyarwady River Salween River Thanlwin River Sittang River Sittoung River Tennasserim Tanintharyi