World Region Information --- Myanmar Information
We are researching about Myanmar region information. The Federal Republic of Myanmar is a country in Southeast Asia. We will feature information that seems good to know when expanding into Myanmar.
It is bordered by Bangladesh to the west, India to the northwest, China to the northeast, Laos to the east and Thailand to the southeast. It faces the Andaman Sea to the south and the Bay of Bengal to the southwest.
Approx. 680,000 km2
Yangon(5.21 million), Mandalay(1.23 million), etc.
Approximately 53.58 million people
Burmese 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Others
Burmese
Theravada Buddhism 88%, Christianity 6%, Islam 4%, Others
- Shwemawdaw Paya
- Shwenandaw Golden Palace Monastery
- Shaitthaung Phayar
- Taung Kalat
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Kyaiktiyo Pagoda
- Bupaya Pagoda
Indigenous cultural diversity and Theravada Buddhism influences, as well as British colonial influences remain.
- Ngapali Beach
- Inle Lake
Elementary school education is compulsory until the age of nine.
- University of Yangon
- Yezin Agricultural University
- University of Mandalay
- University of Medicine 1 Yangon
- Yangon University of Economics
- West Yangon Technological University
- University of Medicine, Mandalay
- Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University
1824-26 First Anglo-Burmese War
1852 Second Anglo-Burmese War. Britain annexes southern Burma
1885-86 Third Anglo-Burmese War. The fall of the Burmese dynasty
1942 Japanese occupation of Burma
1945 Japanese withdrawal. British troops are back
1948 Leaves the British Commonwealth and becomes independent as the Union of Burma
1962 military coup
1974 Establishment of the Constitution of the Federal Socialist Republic of Burma
1988 8888 democracy movement
1989 Renamed Myanmar Federation
2008 New constitution enacted
2011 Transition to civilian rule
2021 military coup
The head of state is the president. The parliament is bicameral.
- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
- Presidential Palace
- Supreme Court of Myanmar
$1,245
It is considered one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia.
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