May 24, 2013
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The Assembly of the Union is the national-level bicameral legislature of Myanmar established by the 2008 National Constitution. The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw is made up of two houses, the Amyotha Hluttaw, a 224-seat upper house as well as the Pyithu Hluttaw, a 440-seat lower house.
Each of the fourteen major administrative regions and states has its own local Hluttaw: Region Hluttaw or State Hluttaw.
The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw is housed in a 31-building complex, which is believed to represent the 31 planes of existence in Buddhist cosmology, located in Zeya Theddhi Ward of Naypyidaw.
Members of the first Pyidaungsu Hluttaw were elected in the Burmese general election on 7 November 2010.
(via Freebase)
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