Country Profile: Myanmar (Burma)
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OFFICIAL NAME
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Republic of the Union of Myanmar (formerly Union of Myanmar) |
GEOGRAPHY
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Central lowlands ringed by steep, rugged highlands bordered by the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand. | |
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AREA
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671,000 sq km / 259,073 sq miles | |
COMPARATIVE
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Slightly smaller than Texas | |
POPULATION
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53,710,000 | |
CAPITAL
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Nay Pyi Daw | |
LITERACY |
94% (age 15+ and can read and write) | |
LANGUAGE
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Official: Burmese |
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RELIGIONS
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Buddhist - 87.9% Christian - 6.2% Muslim - 4.3% Other - 1.6% |
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POLITICS
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Won independence from UK in 1948, currently run by military regime | |
INCOME
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Per capita income = US$ 500 per year | |
CURRENCY
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Kyat (K) | |
TIME ZONE
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GMT/UTC + 6.5 | |
SOURCES
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Statistics provided by a variety of sources, but mostly the U.S. State Department, the U.N. Statistics Division, and BBC News. |
Country Profile
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News: Country-Specific
News: Asia General
- Channel News Asia (all Asia)
- World News Asia (all Asia)
Travel
- Myanmar Tourism Board
- Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Lonely Planet/Myanmar
- U.S. State Department Travel/COUNTRY consular page
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