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{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Republic of the Union of Myanmar
| native_name = {{nobold|{{my|ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်}}}}
| common_name = Burma
| image_flag = Flag of Burma.svg
| image_coat = State seal of Burma.svg
| symbol_type = State seal
| national_anthem = ''[[Kaba Ma Kyei]]'' ''Till the End of the World'' <center>[[File:U.S. Navy Band - Kaba Ma Kyei.oga]]</center>
| image_map = Location Burma (Myanmar) ASEAN.svg
| map_caption = {{map caption |location_color=green |region=[[Association of Southeast Asian Nations|ASEAN]] |region_color=dark grey |legend=Location Burma (Myanmar) ASEAN.svg}}
| official_languages = [[Burmese language|Burmese]]
| languages_type = Common languages
| languages =
| recognized_languages = [[English language|English]]
| languages2_type = [[Official script]]s
| languages2 = [[Burmese script]]
| regional_languages = {{hlist |[[Jingpho language|Jingpho]] |[[Kayah language|Kayah]] |[[Karen language|Karen]] |[[Chin languages|Chin]] |[[Mon language|Mon]] |[[Rakhine language|Rakhine]] |[[Shan language|Shan]]}}
| demonym = Burmese{{\}}Myanma
| ethnic_groups = {{unbulleted list
| 68% [[Bamar]]
| 9% [[Shan people|Shan]]
| 7% [[Karen people|Karen]]
| 4% [[Rakhine people|Rakhine]]
| 3% [[Chinese people in Burma|Chinese]]
| 2% [[Burmese Indians|Indian]]
| 2% [[Mon people|Mon]]
| 5% other
}}
| capital = [[Naypyidaw]]a
| largest_city = [[Yangon|Yangon {{small|(Rangoon)}}]]
| coordinates = {{coord|19|45|N|96|6|E}}
| government_type = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[Presidential system|presidential]] [[Constitutional republic|constitutional]] [[republic]]
| leader_title1 = [[President of Myanmar|President]]
| leader_name1 = [[Myint Swe]] (acting)
| leader_title2 = [[State Administration Council]]
| leader_name2 =
{{unbulleted list
| {{nowrap|[[Min Aung Hlaing]] {{small|([[Chairman of the State Administrative Council|Chairman]])}}}}
| [[Soe Win (general)|Soe Win]] {{small|([[Vice Chairman of the State Administrative Council|Vice Chairman]])}}
}}
{{Collapsible list
| title = Other members
| frame_style = border:none; padding: 0;
| list_style = text-align:left;
| [[Aung Lin Dwe]] {{small|(Secretary)}}
| [[Ye Win Oo]] {{small|(Joint Secretary)}}
| [[Mya Tun Oo]]
| [[Tin Aung San]]
| [[Maung Maung Kyaw]]
| [[Moe Myint Tun]]
| [[Mahn Nyein Maung]]
| [[Thein Nyunt]]
| [[Khin Maung Swe]]
| [[Aye Nu Sein]]
| [[Jeng Phang Naw Htaung]]
| [[Maung Ha]]
| [[Sai Long Hseng]]
| [[Saw Daniel]]
| [[Banyar Aung Moe]]
}}
| leader_title3 = First [[Vice-President of Myanmar|Vice-President]]
| leader_name3 = 
| leader_title4 = Second [[Vice-President of Myanmar|Vice-President]]
| leader_name4 = 
| leader_title5 = [[State Counsellor of Myanmar|State Counsellor]]
| leader_name5 = 
| sovereignty_type = [[History of Burma|Formation]]
| established_event1 = [[Bagan Kingdom|Bagan Dynasty]]
| established_date1 = 23 December 849
| established_event2 = [[Taungoo dynasty|Toungoo Dynasty]]
| established_date2 = 16 October 1510
| established_event3 = [[Konbaung Dynasty]]
| established_date3 = 29 February 1752
| established_event4 = {{nowrap|[[Post-independence Burma, 1948–1962|Independence]] (from [[United Kingdom]])}}
| established_date4 = 4 January 1948
| established_event5 = [[1962 Burmese coup d'état|Coup d'état]]
| established_date5 = 2 March 1962
| established_event6 = [[Constitution of Burma|New constitution]]
| established_date6 = 30 March 2011
| legislature = [[Assembly of the Union]]
| upper_house = [[House of Nationalities]]
| lower_house = {{nowrap|[[House of Representatives (Burma)|House of Representatives]]}}
| area_rank = 40th
| area_km2 = 676,578
| area_sq_mi = 261,227 
| percent_water = 3.06
| population_estimate = 60,280,000<ref name=fact>{{cite web |url=http://www.adb.org/Documents/Fact_Sheets/MYA.pdf |title=Asian Development Bank and Myanmar: Fact Sheet |publisher=Asian Development Bank |date=30 April 2012 |accessdate=2012-11-20 |archive-date=2018-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226082841/https://www.adb.org/Documents/Fact_Sheets/MYA.pdf%20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| population_estimate_year = 2010
| population_estimate_rank = 24th<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html?countryName=Burma&countryCode=bm&regionCode=eas&rank=24#bm |title=The World Factbook |publisher=Cia.gov |accessdate=2013-07-06 |archive-date=2018-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810114006/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html?countryName=Burma&countryCode=bm&regionCode=eas&rank=24#bm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| population_census = 33,234,000
| population_census_year = 1983
| population_density_km2 = 73.9
| population_density_sq_mi = 191.5 
| population_density_rank = 119th
| GDP_PPP_year = 2012
| GDP_PPP = $89.461 billion<ref name=imf2>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2011&ey=2013&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=55&pr1.y=18&c=518&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=|title=Burma (Myanmar) |publisher=International Monetary Fund |accessdate=1 April 2013}}</ref>
| GDP_PPP_rank =
| GDP_PPP_per_capita = $1,405<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank =
| GDP_nominal = $53.140 billion<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_nominal_rank =
| GDP_nominal_year = 2012
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = $854<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank =
| Gini_year =
| Gini_change = 
| Gini = 
| Gini_ref =
| Gini_rank =
| HDI_year = 2012 
| HDI_change = increase 
| HDI = 0.498 
| HDI_ref = <ref name="UN">{{cite web |url= http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR2013_EN_Statistics.pdf |title= 2013 Human Development Report Statistics |work=Human Development Report 2013 |publisher=United Nations Development Programme |date= 14 March 2013 |accessdate= 16 March 2013}}</ref>
| HDI_rank = 149th
| currency = [[Burmese kyat|Kyat]] (K)
| currency_code = MMK
| Official exchange rate = 6 Kyat
| Exchange rate = 954 Kyat
| FEC Exchange rate = 954 Kyat
| time_zone = [[Myanmar Standard Time|MST]]
| utc_offset = +06:30
| drives_on = rightb
| calling_code = [[Telephone numbers in Burma|+95]]
| cctld = [[.mm]]
| iso3166code = MM
| footnote_a = Some governments recognise [[Yangon|Yangon (Rangoon)]] as the national capital.{{big|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bm.html |title=The World Factbook – Burma |publisher=cia.gov |accessdate=1 September 2012 |archive-date=17 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117070224/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bm.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
| footnote_b = Road infrastructure is still for driving on the left.
| today =
}}

'''Myanmar''' is a country in [[Southeast Asia]]. Its full name is the '''Republic of the Union of Myanmar'''. It is also sometimes called '''Burma'''. Myanmar is a country in Southeast Asia that is not an island. It is also part of [[South Asia]].

It is bordered by [[People's Republic of China|China]] on the north, [[Laos]] on the east, [[Thailand]] on the southeast, [[Bangladesh]] on the west, and [[Republic of India|India]] on the northwest, with the [[Andaman Sea]] to the south, and the [[Bay of Bengal]] to the southwest. There are over {{convert|2000|km|mi}} of coastline.

== Government ==
The country was ruled by a [[military]] [[junta]] led by [[General officer|General]] [[Ne Win]] from 1962 to 1988. Its political system today stays under the tight control of its military government. In 1991, Senior General [[Than Shwe]] began ruling the country. In 2011 [[Thein Sein]] was elected as a first president of the civilian government. In 2016 [[Htin Kyaw]] became the second elected civilian leader.<ref name="BBC2">{{cite web|title=Myanmar swears in first elected civilian president in 50 years|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35923083|publisher=BBC|accessdate=30 October 2016|date=30 March 2016}}</ref> [[Aung San Suu Kyi]], who is prevented from becoming President by the [[constitution]] of Myanmar, will act as an advisor to Kyaw.<ref name="BBC2" />

In March 2018, [[Win Myint (politician)|Win Myint]] became the country's tenth and current President.

== Origin and history of the name ==

In 1989, the military junta officially changed the [[English language|English]] version of its name from ''Burma'' to ''Myanmar''. It also made a new name in English for places in the country, such as its former [[capital city]], from ''Rangoon'' to [[Yangon]]. The official name of the country in the [[Burmese language]], ''Myanmar'' did not change, however. The renaming was controversial, seen by some as [[linguistics|linguistically]] bad. Accepting the name change in the English-speaking world has been slow, with many people still using the name ''Burma'' to refer to the country. Major news organizations like the [[BBC]] still call it Burma. Some question the military junta's authority to "officially" change the name in English in the first place. [[Aung San Suu Kyi]], however, calls the country Myanmar now.

== History ==
Myanmar had a strong kingdom in ancient times, but the nation was taken over by the [[Great Britain|British]] in the 1800s. It was occupied by the [[Empire of Japan]] in the 1940s. Myanmar became independent in 1948 as the Union of Burma, and had a democratic government at first. However, in 1962, a [[coup d'état]] brought the military into power, where it has been ever since. The founder of modern Myanmar, [[Aung San]] was assassinated months before independence. His daughter [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] was placed under house arrest many times for leading the democracy movement.

In 1991, the military junta agreed to democratic elections, which were won by the [[National League for Democracy]], and should have made Aung San Suu Kyi the Prime Minister. However, the dictatorship ignored the results of the elections and continued ruling. In [[November]] 2005, the military [[government]] stated that the national capital would be moved from [[Yangon]] to a location near [[Pyinmana]], which was renamed [[Naypyidaw]] in [[March]] 2006.

Since independence in 1948 and the assassination of Aung San, Burma has had [[civil war]]s between its governments and minority [[ethnic group]]s like the [[Kachin people|Kachin]], [[Karen people|Karen]], [[Shan people|Shan]] and others. These conflicts are known as the [[Internal conflict in Burma]].

== National symbols of Myanmar ==
<gallery>
File:Tigerramki.jpg|National animal of Myanmar
File:Polyplectron bicalcaratum -Birmingham Nature Centre, England-8a.jpg|National bird of Myanmar
File:Pterocarpus indicus Blanco1.205-cropped.jpg|National flower of Myanmar
File:Irrawaddy dolphin-Orcaella brevirostris by 2eight.jpg|alt=Irrawaddy Dolphin|Irrawaddy Dolphin
</gallery>

== Land ==
[[File:Un-myanmar.png|200px|thumb|Map of Myanmar]]
Today, there are 14 sections. 7 are called [[state]]s and the other 7 are called [[division]]s.

The divisions are split into [[township]]s. The townships are divided into [[village]]s and wards.

=== Largest cities===
{{Largest cities
| name = Largest cities of Myanmar
| country = Myanmar
| stat_ref = http://www.geohive.com/cntry/myanmar.aspx
| list_by_pop =
| class = nav
| div_name = Division
| div_link =

| city_1 = Yangon
| div_1 = Yangon Region{{!}}Yangon
| pop_1 = 5,211,431
| img_1 = Downtown Yangon (2006).jpg

| city_2 = Mandalay
| div_2 = Mandalay Region{{!}}Mandalay
| pop_2 = 1,225,546
| img_2 = Mandalay, Myanmar.jpg

| city_3 = Naypyidaw
| div_3 = Naypyidaw Union Territory {{!}}Naypyidaw
| pop_3 = 1,160,242
| img_3 = Uppatasanti Pagoda-01.jpg

| city_4 = Bago, Burma{{!}}Bago
| div_4 = Bago Region{{!}}Bago
| pop_4 = 491,434
| img_4 = Bago,_Myanmar_(15168477180).jpg

| city_5 = Hpa-An
| div_5 = Kayin State{{!}}Kayin
| pop_5 = 421,575

| city_6 = Taunggyi
| div_6 = Shan State{{!}}Shan
| pop_6 = 381,636

| city_7 = Monywa
| div_7 = Sagaing Region{{!}}Sagaing
| pop_7 = 372,095

| city_8 = Myitkyina
| div_8 = Kachin State{{!}}Kachin
| pop_8 = 306,949

| city_9 = Mawlamyine
| div_9 = Mon State{{!}}Mon
| pop_9 = 289,388

| city_10 = Magway, Burma{{!}}Magway
| div_10 = Magway Region{{!}}Magway
| pop_10 = 289,247
}}

== Photos ==
<gallery>
Image:Inle Lake,Floating Garden.JPG
Image:Mt Popa1.jpg
Image:Entrance of the Unfinished Stupa.jpg
Image:Golden Rock.JPG
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[List of rivers of Myanmar]]
*[[Myanmar at the Olympics]]
*[[Myanmar national football team]]

==References==
{{commons}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Asia}}
{{ASEAN}}

[[Category:British India]]
[[Category:Myanmar| ]]
[[Category:Least developed countries]]
[[Category:1940s establishments in Asia]]
[[Category:1948 establishments]]

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