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Myanmar - Travel guideMyanmar - Country backgroundBritain conquered Burma over a period of 62 years (1824-1886) and incorporated it into its Indian Empire. Burma was administered as a province of India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony; independence from the Commonwealth was attained in 1948. Gen. NE WIN dominated the government from 1962 to 1988, first as military ruler, then as self-appointed president, and later as political kingpin. Despite multiparty legislative elections in 1990 that resulted in the main opposition party - the National League for Democracy (NLD) - winning a landslide victory, the ruling junta refused to hand over power. NLD leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient AUNG SAN SUU KYI, who was under house arrest from 1989 to 1995 and 2000 to 2002, was imprisoned in May 2003 and subsequently transferred to house arrest, where she remains virtually incommunicado. In November 2005, the junta extended her detention for at least another six months. Her supporters, as well as all those who promote democracy and improved human rights, are routinely harassed or jailed. More about Myanmar Travel Guide |
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| Country full name : | conventional long form: Union of Myanmar conventional short form: Myanmar local long form: Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (translated by the US Government as Union of Myanma and by the Burmese as Union of Myanmar) local short form: Myanma Naingngandaw note: since 1989 the military authorities in Burma have promoted the name Myanmar as a conventional name for their state; this decision was not approved by any sitting legislature in Burma, and the US Government did not adopt the name, which is a derivative of the Burmese short-form name Myanma Naingngandaw. |
| Capital : | Naypyidaw |
| Religions : | Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2% |
| Languages : | Burmese, indigenous ethnic languages |
| Location : | Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand. |
| Geographic coordinates : | 22 00 N, 98 00 E |
| Area : | total: 678,500 sq km land: 657,740 sq km water: 20,760 sq km |
| Climate : | tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April). |
| Population : | 47,382,633 (July 2006 est.) |
| Nationality : | noun: Burmese adjective: Burmese |
| Ethnic groups : | Burman 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Rakhine 4%, Chinese 3%, Indian 2%, Mon 2%, other 5% |
| Government type : | military junta |
| Administrative divisions: | 7 divisions (taing-myar, singular - taing) and 7 states (pyi ne-myar, singular - pyi ne) divisions: Ayeyarwady, Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Tanintharyi, Yangon states: Chin State, Kachin State, Kayah State, Kayin State, Mon State, Rakhine State, Shan State. |
| Legal system : | has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
| Suffrage : | 18 years of age; universal |
| Internet code : | .mm |
| Calling code : | +95 |
| Time zone : | GMT/UTC +6.5 |
| Electricity : | 230V 50Hz |
| National holiday : | Independence Day, 4 January (1948); Union Day, 12 February (1947) |
| Interesting link : | Myanmar Travel Guide |
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