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About Myanmar ▼
Myanmar,
formerly known as Burma, is recognized by the world as the
Golden Land. It is one of the earliest homes of mankind,
where one can have exclusive experiences of a life-time. You
have to find out why.
Myanmar, officially Union Of Myanmar, also called Burma,
Burmese Myanmar, or Pyidaungzu Myanmar Naingngandaw, is a
country lying along the eastern coasts of the Bay of Bengal
and the Andaman Sea in southeast Asia.
The country is about 1,275 miles (2,050 km) long from north
to south--including its 400-mile (640-kilometre) strip along
the Malay Peninsula--and about 580 miles (935 km) from east
to west at its widest extent. Myanmar is bordered on the
southeast by Thailand and Laos, on the northeast by China,
and on the northwest by Bangladesh and the Indian states of
Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram. Its
coastline, on the south and southwest, borders the Bay of
Bengal, the Gulf of Martaban, and the Andaman Sea. The
capital is Yangôn (Rangoon). Area 261,228 square miles
(676,577 square km). Pop. (1993 est.) 44,613,000.[Map]
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