Myanmar
Myanmar (officially Republic of the Union of Myanmar) is a country in South-Eastern Asia, with its capital at Naypyidaw, and is home to roughly 54.5M people.
Burmese is the official language; the currency in circulation is Burmese kyat (Ks); people from here are called Burmese.
> INTEL_
> NOTABLE_
- »Bagan holds thousands of Buddhist temples and pagodas built across a couple of centuries.
- »The country changed its capital to the purpose-built Naypyidaw in 2005.
> THE OUTLINE_
Myanmar straddles the Tropic of Cancer.
> BORDERS_
Myanmar touches five neighbours: Bangladesh to the northwest, China to the north, India to the west, Laos to the east and Thailand to the southeast. Directions run from one centre to the other.
> THE CAPITAL_
Naypyidaw was built in secret and became capital in 2005, replacing Yangon. It is famous for its extraordinarily wide and near-empty roads.
> SCALE_
661,989 km² (255,595 sq mi), 39th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Afghanistan.
Population 54,500,091, 27th of 198 on file. That averages 82 per km² (213 per sq mi).
> THE FLAG_
Adopted in 2010 as part of a constitutional overhaul. Yellow for solidarity, green for peace and greenery, red for courage, with a large white star for the union.