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The culture of Myanmar (Burma) (Burmese: မြန်မာ့ယဉ်ကျေးမှု; MLCTS: /mianma yinykye:hmu/) has been heavily influenced by Buddhism.Owing to its history, Burmese culture has significant influence over neighboring countries such as Laos, Siam, Assam and Xishuangbanna regions in China.
Myanmar has a total coastline of 1,384 mi (2,227 km) and has several islands and archipelagos- most notably the Mergui Archipelago. The county has a total water area is 8,910 square miles (23,100 km 2) and an Exclusive Economic Zone covering 205,706 sq mi (532,780 km 2). [2]
Burmese people, Officially Myanma people (Burmese: မြန်မာလူမျိုး) are citizens from Myanmar (Burma), irrespective of their ethnic or religious background. Myanmar is a multi-ethnic , multi-cultural and multi-lingual country.
Myanmar's contemporary politics around ethnicity surround treating ethnicity as a minoritising discourse, pitting a "pan-ethnic" national identity against minority groups. Often ethnicity identities in practice are flexible- sometimes as flexible as simply changing clothes- in part due to a lack of religious or caste stratification prior to ...
Myanmar is one of the world's most corrupt nations. The 2012 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ranked the country at number 171, out of 176 countries in total. [362] Myanmar is the world's second largest producer of opium after Afghanistan, producing some 25% of the world's opium, and forms part of the Golden Triangle.
The term "Myanmar" is extant to the early 1100s, first appearing on a stone inscription, where it was used as a cultural identifier, and has continued to be used in this manner. [8] From the onset of British colonial rule to the Japanese occupation of Burma, "Bamar" was used in Burmese to refer to both the country and its majority ethnic group. [5]
Other estimates put place the total population at around 60 million. China's People's Daily reported that Burma had a census in 2007, and at the end of 2009 has 59.2 million people, and growing at 2% annually. [1] with exception for Cyclone Nargis in 2008. Most of these estimates have indeed overlooked the demographic changes that were at work ...
Geography of Myanmar. Myanmar is: a country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia. Asia. South East Asia. Indochina; Time zone: Myanmar Standard Time ; Extreme points of Myanmar . High: Hkakabo Razi 5,881 m (19,295 ft) Low: Indian Ocean 0 m; North: Hkakabo Razi 28°19′59″N; South: Islands at Kawthaung 9°50′00″N