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country SE Asia on Bay of Bengal; administrative ✽ Naypyidaw, historic ✽ Yangon area 261,789 sq mi (680,651 sq km), pop 52,200,000

Myanmar

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Country in Southeast Asia, bounded northwest by India and Bangladesh, northeast by China, southeast by Laos and Thailand, and southwest by the Bay of Bengal. Government Myanmar has had a nominally civilian government since March 2011, but the military, which had been in power since September 1988, retains great influence. The May 2008 constitution specifies the country's name as ‘Republic of Union of Myanmar’ and provides for a multiparty political system in which the military has a leading role. The head of state is an executive president, elected by and working with a two-chamber Union Parliament (Pyidaungsu Hluttaw). The parliament comprises a 440-member lower house, the People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw), elected every four or five years, and a 224-member upper house, the House of Nationalities (Amyotha Hluttaw). A quarter of the seats in each chamber (and also in regional assemblies) are reserved for the armed forces. This gives the military the power to block amendments to the…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
Burma
The Union of Burma is now officially known as the Union of Myanmar; its name was changed in 1989. Mountains border the country in the E and W, with the highest mountains in the N. Burma's highest mountain is Hkakabo Razi, which is 5,881m [19,294ft] high. Between these ranges is central Burma, which…
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From Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
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The Myanmar Muslim community is ethnically diverse and includes Burmese, Yunnanese Chinese, Rohingya, Malays, Bengalis, and others of South Asian descent. Muslims constitute 5 percent to 15 percent of the population. They are concentrated in urban areas and in the state of Rakhine (formerly known as…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(myän'mär, mēän´´mär') or Burma (bûr'mӘ), officially Republic of the Union of Myanmar, republic (2015 est. pop. 52,404,000), 261,789 sq mi (678,033 sq km), SE Asia. It is bounded on the west by Bangladesh, India, and the Bay of Bengal; on the north and northeast by China; on the east by Laos and…
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From Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
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POPULATION 55,167,330 BUDDHIST 89 percent CHRISTIAN 4 percent MUSLIM 4 percent HINDU 1 percent ANIMIST/OTHER 2 percent Introduction Myanmar, also called Burma, is a primarily Buddhist country situated along the southeastern rim of continental Asia. It is bordered by five countries: Bangladesh to the…
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From Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017
MYANMAR (BURMA)
Republic of the Union of Myanmar Pyihtaungsu Thamada Myanmar Naingngandaw Political Status: Independent republic established January 4, 1948; military-backed regime instituted March 2, 1962; one-party constitution of January 4, 1974, abrogated upon direct assumption of power by the military on…
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From Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures
ALTERNATIVE NAMES In 1989, Burma was renamed the “Union of Myanmar” by the newly constituted State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC). The “Burmese” were renamed the “Myanmarese” or “Myanmars”, and the Burmese language was similarly changed to the Myanmarese language. Minority groups in Burma…
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From Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019
Myanmar (Burma)
Republic of the Union of Myanmar Political Status: Independent republic established January 4, 1948; military-backed regime instituted March 2, 1962; one-party constitution of January 4, 1974, abrogated upon direct assumption of power by the military on September 18, 1988, at which time the words…
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From The Oxford Companion to Food
a name which is still more familiar outside the country than the official Myanmar, achieved independence in 1948 with the end of British rule, includes many different ethnic and cultural groups, in particular the Burmans, the Shans, the Chins, and the Mons. It has five terrestrial neighbours ( india…
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The classical civilization of Burma (Myanmar) is centered at Pagan. After the collapse of the Pyu state, the Mrammas (Sanskritized Brahma), or Burmans, founded their chief city, Pagan (Arimarddanapura or “City Where Enemies Were Exterminated”) around 849 CE The ethnic Chinese had pushed them back…
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Forced or compulsory recruitment of children below the age of eighteen for use in armed conflict is considered a worst form of child labor under ILO Convention 182. In Myanmar thousands of children remain in the tatmadaw (army) as internal armed conflict continues in some areas of the country. …
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