Myanmar

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country in Southeast Asia sovereign state

Myanmar is a Southeast Asian nation bordered by India, China, and Thailand, known for its diverse ethnic groups, Buddhist heritage, and long history of military rule and political turmoil.

Aliases (6)

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country in Southeast Asia → sovereign state →
alsoKnownAs	Burma →
borderedBy	Andaman Sea → Bangladesh → Bay of Bengal → China → India → Laos → Thailand →
callingCode	+95 →
capital	Naypyidaw →
climate	tropical monsoon climate →
colonialName	Burma →
continent	Asia →
conventionalShortName	Myanmar →
currency	Myanmar kyat →
drivesOn	right →
drivingSide	right →
ethnicGroup	Bamar → Chin → Kachin → Karen → Mon → Rakhine → Rohingya → Shan →
formerCapital	Yangon →
formerGovernmentType	parliamentary republic →
governmentType	military junta →
hasMountainRange	Arakan Mountains → Shan Hills →
hasRiver	Irrawaddy River → Salween River →
independenceDate	1948-01-04 →
independenceFrom	United Kingdom →
internetTLD	.mm →
largestCity	Yangon →
majorReligion	Christianity → Islam → Theravada Buddhism →
memberOf	Association of Southeast Asian Nations → United Nations → World Trade Organization →
nationalLegislature	Assembly of the Union →
nationalReligionMajority	Buddhism →
officialLanguage	Burmese →
officialName	Republic of the Union of Myanmar →
region	Southeast Asia →
timeZone	UTC+06:30 →
UNMemberState	true →
usesCalendar	Burmese calendar → Gregorian calendar →
writingSystem	Burmese script →

Referenced by (259)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2021 Myanmar anti-coup protests → All Burma Federation of Student Unions → All Burma Federation of Student Unions ("Burma") → Arakan → Arakan Mountains → Assembly of the Union → Aung San Suu Kyi → Bamar → Bhamo region → Burmese → Burmese script → Chin → Dargah of Bahadur Shah Zafar → Embassy of Myanmar in Washington, D.C. → Hkakabo Razi → Irrawaddy River → Kachin → Karen State → Karen people → Lashio → Mandalay → Mandalay Prison ("Burma") → Mandalay Prison → Myanmar kyat → Naypyidaw → Rangoon Arts and Science University → Rangoon Arts and Science University ("Burma") → Saffron Revolution → Salween River → Shan → Shan Hills → State Law and Order Restoration Council → State Peace and Development Council → Tenasserim → University of Medicine 2, Yangon → Upper Burma → Yangon →	country
Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay ("Burma") → Battle of Toungoo ("Burma") → Battle of Toungoo → Burma Railway → Burma Railway ("Burma") → Burma Road ("Burma") → Ledo Road ("Burma") → Ledo Road → Mandalay Prison ("Burma") → Mandalay Prison → University of Medicine 2, Yangon → Upper Burma →	locatedIn
Battle of the Admin Box ("Burma") → Battle of the Admin Box → Burma campaign ("Burma") → First Anglo-Burmese War ("Burma") → Operation Capital ("Burma") → Operation Dracula ("Burma") → Operation U-Go ("Burma") → Salween offensive ("Burma") → Salween offensive → South-East Asian theatre of World War II ("Burma") → Third Anglo-Burmese War ("Burma") →	location
Aung San Suu Kyi → Cynthia Maung → Min Ko Naing → U Nu ("Burma") → U Nu → U Thant ("Burma") → U Thant →	countryOfCitizenship
Burmese → Burmese python → Mango → Manouria impressa → Rohingya → Rusa unicolor → Sumatran rhinoceros ("Myanmar (historically)") →	nativeTo
American Volunteer Group ("Burma") → Burma campaign ("Burma") → China Burma India Theater ("Burma") → Mutaguchi Renya ("Burma") → Operational Groups ("Burma") → Shojiro Iida ("Burma") → William Slim ("Burma") →	theaterOfOperations
23rd Fighter Group ("Burma") → China Air Task Force ("Burma") → Long Range Penetration Groups ("Burma") → Office of Strategic Services ("Burma") → Special Force ("Burma") →	operatedIn
Arakan ("Republic of the Union of Myanmar") → Karen State ("Union of Myanmar") → Lashio → Upper Burma ("Burma") → Upper Burma →	partOf
Hakka → Hokkien language → Mon-Khmer → Tai–Kadai languages → Teochew →	spokenIn
77th Indian Infantry Brigade ("Burma") → 77th Indian Infantry Brigade → Chindits ("Burma") → Fourteenth Army ("Burma") →	areaOfOperations
Bay of Bengal → Laos → People's Republic of Bangladesh → Western China →	borderedBy
CBI Theater ("Burma") → China Theater ("Burma") → General Order No. 1 ("Burma") → Stray Feathers ("Burma") →	geographicScope
Arunachal Pradesh → Mizoram → Nagaland →	borderWith
Association of Southeast Asian Nations → BIMSTEC → WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia →	memberState
Asalha Puja → Magha Puja → Vesak →	observedIn
Indian National Army ("Burma") → Merrill's Marauders ("Burma") → W. D. A. Lentaigne ("Burma") →	operationalArea
All Burma Federation of Student Unions → South East Asia Command ("Burma") → University of Medicine 2, Yangon →	regionServed
Andaman Sea → Salween River →	basinCountry
China → Tibet Autonomous Region →	borderingCountry
State Law and Order Restoration Council → State Peace and Development Council ("Union of Myanmar") →	countryGoverned
First Anglo-Burmese War ("Burma") → Second Anglo-Burmese War ("Burma") →	countryInvolved
Mughal Empire → Third Anglo-Burmese War →	countryToday
Irrawaddy River → Mekong River →	flowsThrough
Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council ("Burma") → Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council →	foreignCountryConcerned
ASEAN Regional Forum → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) →	hasMember
Jade Buddha Temple → Jade Buddha Temple ("Burma") →	hasStatueOrigin
ASEAN Secretariat → Secretary-General of ASEAN →	memberStatesServed
Cynthia Maung → Min Ko Naing ("Burma") →	placeOfBirth
Chinese Expeditionary Force ("Burma") → Tenth Air Force ("Burma") →	primaryAreaOfOperations
Magha Puja → Vesak →	publicHolidayIn
State Law and Order Restoration Council ("Union of Myanmar") → State Law and Order Restoration Council ("Burma") →	usedNameOfCountry
Saraswati → Shakyamuni Buddha →	veneratedIn
Southwest monsoon →	affectsRegion
Myanmar ("Burma") →	alsoKnownAs
United States customary units →	alsoUsedIn
Burmese American →	ancestralHomeland
ASEAN Free Trade Area →	appliesTo
Company rule in India ("Burma") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Bandung Conference ("Burma") →	attendedBy
Flying Tigers ("Burma") →	baseOfOperations
Thailand →	borderCountry
Eastern Air Command →	borderingCountriesInAreaOfResponsibility
Northeast India →	borders
Yunnan Province →	bordersCountry
Zafar →	burialPlace
Naypyidaw →	capitalOf
Songkran →	celebratedIn
Tan →	commonInCountry
Burma Road ("Burma") →	connects
Asia →	containsCountry
Myanmar →	conventionalShortName
Thai–Myanmar border →	country2
Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998 →	countryAffected
Siege of Myitkyina ("Burma") →	countryAtTime
State Peace and Development Council ("Republic of the Union of Myanmar") →	countryControlled
Assembly of the Union ("Republic of the Union of Myanmar") →	countryOfficialName
Karen people →	countryOfOrigin
ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights →	countryServed
Burmese calendar →	countryUsedIn
Myanmar kyat ("Republic of the Union of Myanmar") →	currencyOf
Mekong River →	drainageBasinCountries
Karen people →	ethnicGroupIn
Burmese American →	ethnicOrigin
Yangon →	formerCapitalOf
Salween River →	formsBorderBetween
Mae Tao Clinic →	founderNationality
BIMSTEC →	foundingMemberState
Southwestern Tai →	geographicDistribution
State Law and Order Restoration Council ("Union of Myanmar") →	governedTerritory
Manipur →	hasBorderWith
Crow Museum of Asian Art →	hasCollectionFrom
Southeast Asia →	hasCountry
Chinthe →	hasCulturalContext
Arakan ("Burma") →	hasCulturalInfluenceFrom
Mekong River Commission →	hasDialoguePartner
ASEAN Political-Security Community →	hasMemberStates
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation →	hasObserverState
Indochinese Peninsula →	hasPart
ASEAN Summit →	hasParticipant
Embassy of Myanmar in Washington, D.C. →	hasSendingCountry
Burmese script →	hasUnicodeBlock
Burma (until 1937) ("Karenni States") →	includedRegion
Member States of the United Nations ("Union of Myanmar") →	includes
Bay of Bengal →	influencesClimateOf
Geneva Round (1947) ("Burma") →	involvesOrganization
Embassy of Myanmar in Washington, D.C. →	isBilateralMissionBetween
Hkakabo Razi →	isHighestPointOf
General of the Army →	isUsedByCountry
Assembly of the Union ("Union of Myanmar") →	jurisdiction
Yangon →	largestCityOf
Myanmar kyat →	legalTenderIn
Andaman Sea →	locatedBetween
Battle of Meiktila and Mandalay →	locatedInPresentDay
Mae Sot →	locatedNearBorderWith
All Burma Federation of Student Unions →	locationCountry
Sino-Tibetan languages →	majorCenter
Ganesha →	majorFestivalRegion
ASEAN Economic Community →	member
Myanmar kyat →	officialCurrencyOf
Burmese →	officialLanguageOf
Myanmar ("Republic of the Union of Myanmar") →	officialName
Grab →	operatesInCountry
Border Security Force →	operatesOnBorderWith
Bandung Conference ("Burma") →	organizedBy
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ("Burma") →	originalSignatory
Tropic of Cancer →	passesThrough
Rohingya →	persecutedIn
Yongli Emperor ("Burma") →	placeOfCapture
U Nu →	placeOfDeath
Bahadur Shah II ("Burma") →	placeOfExile
Albert C. Wedemeyer ("Burma") →	placeOfMilitaryService
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Buddhism →	practicedIn
Burma (until 1937) ("Kingdom of Burma") →	predecessor
Burma (until 1937) →	presentDayLocation
Mon →	primaryCountry
Nepali →	primaryRegion
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami →	regionAffected
Pali →	regionOfInfluence
Embassy of Myanmar in Washington, D.C. →	represents
The Gambia v. Myanmar →	respondentState
United Kingdom ("Burma") →	ruled
Thai–Myanmar border →	separates
Auxiliary Territorial Service ("Burma") →	servedInTheatres
Malay peoples →	significantPopulationIn
Yongli Emperor ("Burma") →	soughtRefugeIn
Theravada →	spreadTo
Japanese 5th Division ("Burma") →	theater
Operation Capital ("Burma") →	theatre
Shan States →	todayPartOf
Adolf Bastian ("Burma") →	traveledTo
Burmese →	usedAsLinguaFrancaIn
Thai language →	usedAsSecondLanguageIn
United Kingdom ("Burma") →	usedForOperations
Burmese script →	usedIn
Maung →	usedInCountry
Yangon →	wasCapitalOf
Sam Manekshaw ("Burma") →	woundedInAction