MYANMAR

Location

Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand

Geography

Myanmar, which has a total area of 678,500 square kilometres, is the largest country in mainland Southeast Asia. Myanmar is located between Chittagong Division of Bangladesh and Assam and Manipur of India to the northwest. It shares its longest borders with Tibet and Yunnan of China to the northeast for a total of 2,185 km. Myanmar is bounded by Laos and Thailand to the southeast. Myanmar has a 1,930 km contiguous coastline along the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea to the southwest and the south, which forms one-third of its total perimeter.

Capital

Yangon

Population

49 000 000

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).

Language

Burmese

Monetary Unit

Kyat