BURMA

Name:Burma (Union of Burma)
Local name (Burmese):မ္ရန္မာ (ပ္ရည္ေထာင္စု မ္ရန္မာ နုိင္င္ဝ)
Bordering countries:Thailand, Laos, China (incl. Tibet), India, Bangladesh
Status:sovereign state
Surface:678.5 ths. sq. km
Population (2003):46 446 ths.
Capital:Rangoon (ရန္ကုန)
Official language:Burmese
Administrative divisions:7 administrative regions, 7 national states


Current national symbols

Administrative divisions and regional symbols

Historical symbols:
Kingdom of Burma (1364-1886)
British Burma (1886-1948)
Republic of Burma under Japanese occupation (1942-1945)
Union of Burma (1948-1974)

Ethnic minorities (autonomyless)



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