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About
Myanmar
| Location |
The
Union of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma , is situated in
South east Asia and is the largest country in the region.
Myanmar shares borders with
the People's Republic of China on the north and northeast,
with the Laos People's Democratic Republic and the Kingdom
of Thailand on the east and southeast, with the Andaman Sea
and the Bay of Bengal on the south, and with the People's
Republic of Bangladesh and the Republic of India on the west.
Yangon, the capital and largest
city of Myanmar, lies on the delta. Myanmar Standard Time,
taken as on east longitude 97° 30´, is six hours
and thirty minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. |
| Area |
The
total area of Myanmar is 261,228 square miles (677,000 sq
km). The country stretches 582 miles (936 km) from east to
west and 1,275 miles (2,051 km) from north to south.
The length of the contiguous
frontier is 3,828 miles (6,129 km), sharing 1,370 miles with
China, 1,310 miles with Thailand , and 832 miles with India,
1,687 miles with Bangladesh and 148 miles with Laos. The
length of the coastline from the mouth of the Naaf River
to Kawthaung is approximately 1,385 miles. |
| Physical
Features |
The
topography of Myanmar can be divided into three parts: the
Western Hills Region, the Central Valley Region and the Eastern
Hills Region. The Western Hills Region, linked with the Himalayan
Range, consists of Mt. Kakaborazi in the northernmost part
of the country, which is 19,296 feet high and the tallest
peak in Southeast Asia. Another peak in the range is Sarameti
that rises 12,553 feet. Low mountains in the southern part
of the Western Hills Region are known as the Rakhine Yoma
ranges and extend to the Bay of Bengal. The Rakhine Yoma
ranges serve as a barrier between Myanmar and India.
The Central Valley Region
consists of the broadest valley of the Ayeyawady, the longest
river in Myanmar that flows about 1,250 miles (2,010 km)
down the middle of the country to the Bay of Bengal. The
Region also includes Sittaung and Chindwin Valleys. In the
centre lie the small mountain ranges such as Zeebyu, Minwun,
Hman-kin and Gangaw. There is also the low mountain range
of Bago Yoma that slopes down to south.
The Eastern Hills Region that
separates Myanmar from Thailand, Laos, and China includes
the Shan Plateau, which rises an average of 3,000 feet above
sea-level. The rivers of Shweli, Myitnge, Zawgyi and Pan-laung,
which have their sources at the Shan Plateau, flow into the
River Ayeyawady. |
| The
State Flag and National Anthem |
The
State Flag is rectangular in shape and its background colour
is red with a dark blue canton at the top left corner. A
pinion and ears of paddy encircled with fourteen white stars
of equal size have been superimposed on the dark blue field
of the canton.
The centre of the pinion
coincides with the centre of the blue canton. The pinion
has fourteen cogs of equal size and within it are two ears
of paddy consisting of 34 grains. At the top of each cog
of the pinion is a star with five vertices.
Of the three colours of the
flag, red signifies courage and decisiveness, white purity
and virtue, and dark blue peace and integrity. |
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