Myanmar Description

Myanmar (formerly Burma) (Myanmar) is located at the crossroads of great civilizations of India and China, and goes to the Indian Ocean next to Thailand. One of the best and most diverse countries in South-East Asia, Myanmar stretches from the islands of the Andaman Sea in the south to the mountain ranges of the Eastern Himalayas in the north.

Until 1989, Myanmar was officially called Myanmar (Burma). In western Myanmar bordering Bangladesh and India, in the north and north-east China, in the east - Laos, south-east - with Thailand. The total length of the border - 5876 km, of which 2,185 km were on the border with China, 1800 miles - on the border with Thailand. The south-west of the country washed by the waters of the Bay of Bengal in the south - the waters of the Andaman Sea. The coastline is equal to 2832 km. As part of Myanmar is an archipelago Myui (Mey, Myeik), located in the Andaman Sea. Total area of 678.5 thousand square meters. km.

Capital - Yangon (Rangoon). Since 2006, the administrative capital of the country moved to Pinmana (or rather - in a small place Naypyudo about this city, which lies 320 kilometers north of Yangon).