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Myanmar or Burma, republic
in South East Asia, bordered on the north by China; on the
east by China, Laos, and Thailand; on the south by the Andaman
Sea and the Bay of Bengal; and on the west by the Bay of Bengal,
Bangladesh, and India.
Capital - Rangoon 2,513,023 (1983)
Population - 45,570,500 (1996)
Area - 676,552 sq km
(261,218 sq mi)
Languages - Myanmar (Burmese); Shan; Karen;
English; Chinese
Religions - Buddhism; Hinduism; Islam; Christianity
Standard Time - 6.5 hours ahead Greenwich
Mean Time (GMT+6.30)

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