MAP OF BURMA

BURMA

• OFFICIAL NAME: UNION OF MYANMAR

• CAPITAL: NAYPYIDAW- YANGON (19°45′N, 96°12′E)

• INDEPENDENCE DATE: 4 JANUARY 1948 (FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM)

• TYPE OF THE GOVERNMENT: MILITARY JUNTA

• HEAD OF STATE: CHIEF OF STATE SR.GEN THAN SHWE

• HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: PRIME MINISTER LT. GEN SOE WIN

• SIZE OF THE CONTRY: 676,578 km² (261,227 sq mi)

• POPULATION: 50,519,000² (2005 ESTIMATE), 33,234,000 (1983 CENSUS), 75 /km² 193 /sq mi (DENSITY)

• LANGUAGE: BURMESE

• RELIGION: BUDDHIST (MAJORITY), CHRISTIAN, ISLAM, ANIMIST, OTHERS

• NATURAL RESOURCES: HYDRO POWER, NATURAL GAS, PETROLEUM, TIN, TIMBER, ZINK, COPPER, LIMESTONE, MARBLE, LEAD, COAL, TUNGSTEN

• GDP: $1,800 (2006 ESTIMATE)

• GNP: US $88 ,322 MILION

• MAJOR EXPORT: GAS, WOOD, FISH, CLOTHING, RICE, BEANS, JADE, GEMS

• MAJOR IMPORT: FABRIC, PETROLEUM, TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY, PLASTICS, FERTILIZERS, CONSTRACTION MATERIALS, CRUDE OIL, FOOD PRODUCTS

• MAJOR TRADE COUNTRIES: CHINA, THAILAND, SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA, SOUTH KOREA

• MEANING OF THE FLAG:
Red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing, all in white, 14 five-pointed stars encircling a cogwheel containing a stalk of rice. The 14 stars represent the 14 administrative subdivisions.

MAP OF MYANMAR