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As of 2006, Myanmar government web pages in English used imperial and metric units inconsistently. For instance, the Ministry of Construction used miles to describe the length of roads [4] and square feet for the size of houses, [5] but square kilometres for the total land area of new town developments in Yangon City. [5]
The 1974 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma adopted a new State Seal [7] with Socialist symbols : a pinion (cogwheel) with 14 teeth, surrounding the map of Myanmar, surrounded by two paddy ears, the two artistic Burmese lions besides the branches: The left lion facing to the left and the right lion facing to the right ...
In Burmeses traditions, peafowl is regarded as a symbol of the descendence of the sun. [3] The dancing peacock, ka-daung (Burmese: ကဒေါင်း) was used as the symbol of the Burmese monarch. During the period of Konbaung Dynasty, the dancing peacock on a red sun is charged on the State seal and the national flag.
Orders, decorations, and medals of Myanmar (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Myanmar" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Use Description 1956 Sasana Flag, the flag of Buddhism in Myanmar: Vertical bands of blue, yellow, red, white, light pink and the vertical band of the combination of these five colours' rectangular bands. [26] A variant using pink in place of light pink 1954 Flag of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Islamic Religious Affairs Council
Myanmar, [d] officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar [e] and also rendered as Burma (the official English form until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia.It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million.
State National emblem / Coat of arms Motto / Text Main article Afghanistan [a]: لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله (Arabic: "There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the messenger of Allah")
National Flag of the Union of Burma (4 January 1948 – 3 January 1974). Proportion 5:9; civil and state flag. The National Flag of the Union of Burma was designed by Maung Win and adopted by the Constituent Assembly of the Union of Burma in August 1947. [6]