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red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 14, white five-pointed stars encircling a cogwheel containing a stalk of rice; the 14 stars represent the seven administrative divisions and seven states
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Official country name
Union of Burma
Short name
Burma
Local names
Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (translated by the US Government as Union of Myanma and by the Burmese as Union of Myanmar) (long)
Myanma Naingngandaw (short)
Myanma Naingngandaw (short)
Former name
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
Notes
since 1989 the military authorities in Burma have promoted the name Myanmar as a conventional name for their state; this decision was not approved by any sitting legislature in Burma, and the US Government did not adopt the name, which is a derivative of the Burmese short-form name Myanma Naingngandaw
Nationality
Burmese (singular and plural) (noun) Myanma Naingngandaw (adjective)
Languages spoken
Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Capital
Rangoon (Yangon)
Government type
military junta
Population
47,758,180 ranked 28, (data 2008)
Geography
strategic location near major Indian Ocean shipping lanes. The lowest point is Andaman Sea 0 m.
Coastline
Coastline 1,930 km.
Land borders
5,876km, Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km, Laos 235 km, Thailand 1,800 km.
Administrative divisions
7 divisions (taing-myar, singular - taing) and 7 states (pyi ne-myar, singular - pyi ne)
divisions: Ayeyarwady, Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Tanintharyi, Yangon; states: Chin, Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Mon, Rakhine, Shan
Independence
4 January 1948 (from UK)