
| 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 |