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.
- »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.
Myanmar straddles the Tropic of Cancer.
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.
Naypyidaw was built in secret and became capital in 2005, replacing Yangon. It is famous for its extraordinarily wide and near-empty roads.
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).
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.