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 |