Myanmar

Myanmar

Official name: Union of Burma (Union of Myanmar).

Location: Located at latitude 28 degrees 30 minutes to 10 degrees 20 minutes over the terrain located along the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to the coastal length of 2,000 miles.

Northeast, adjacent to Tibet and China.

Adjacent to the eastern Laos.

Adjacent to the south-east Thailand.

Northwest, adjacent to Bangladesh and India.

Southwestern and south to the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

Area: 676,577 sq km (about 1.3 times that of Thailand).

Capital: New Year's (Naypyidaw) (Burmese), sometimes spelled as New Year stump (Nay Pyi Taw) (meaning Great Thani) is the capital city and administrative center of the Union of Myanmar, which has moved from Yangon. From November 6, 2548 in the village kyat to Wear (Kyatpyae) west of the city of Nepean mana (Pyinmana) in the Mandalay Bay. Terrain surrounding mountains. The city is the only city of the country that can be used for 24 hours, while the former capital, Yangon, at least 6 hours of power outage to the city is about 320 kilometers to the north of Yangon, no phone signal. Myanmar, which it needs. The city began to be built and then some things such as apartments where people have enough money to buy housing. Immigrants began to people living many thousands of people. But this capital. No school like a military hospital. Which is construction.

Population: about 56 million people (2548), 135 species are species include eight major ethnic groups in Burma (68 percent), Thailand's (8 percent), Karen (7 percent), Rakhine (4 percent). China (3 percent), Mon (2 percent), India (2 percent).

Climate: The climate in the area is mostly high mountains in the central and northern part of the country is dry and very hot in summer. In the winter the weather is very cold. Coastal and river plains to the variance in the change in season. The influence of the depression always. The wettest area is denser than the middle or upper part of the country is a rain shadow area. Recommendations for travelers are advised to travel during the months of November to February because it did not rain and the weather is not too hot.

Language: English is the official language of Burma.

Religion: Buddhist (Burma provides that Buddhism is the state religion in 2517) 90 percent, 5 percent, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism 3.8 percent 0.05 percent.

Currency: Kyat (Kyat: MMK) Exchange rate is about 25 videos per one baht or 1,300 Kyat per U.S. $ 1 (June 2549).

Regime: the military dictatorship. Under the military regime, State Peace and Development Council (State Peace and Development Council - SPDC).

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council. (The head) is Senior Gen. Setanta new f (Senior General Than Shwe) (April 2535).

Prime minister (head of government), the General Thien Sein (Gen. Thein Sein) is the 11th prime minister of Burma (2550).