Myanmar

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country in Southeast Asia
sovereign state
alsoKnownAs Myanmar
surface form: Burma
borderedBy Andaman Sea
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh

Bay of Bengal
China
India
Laos
Thailand
callingCode +95
capital Naypyidaw
climate tropical monsoon climate
colonialName Burma (until 1937)
surface form: Burma
continent Asia
conventionalShortName Myanmar self-link
currency Myanmar kyat
drivesOn right
drivingSide right
ethnicGroup Bamar
Chin
Kachin
Karen
Mon
Arakan
surface form: 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
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
memberOf Association of Southeast Asian Nations
United Nations
World Trade Organization
nationalLegislature Assembly of the Union
nationalReligionMajority Buddhism
officialLanguage Burmese
officialName Myanmar self-linksurface differs
surface form: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
region Southeast Asia
timeZone UTC+06:30
UNMemberState true
usesCalendar Burmese calendar
Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar
writingSystem Burmese script

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Burmese nativeTo Myanmar
Burmese usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Myanmar
Shojiro Iida theaterOfOperations Myanmar
this entity surface form: Burma
Sumatran rhinoceros nativeTo Myanmar
this entity surface form: Myanmar (historically)
Shan States todayPartOf Myanmar
Rohingya nativeTo Myanmar
Rohingya persecutedIn Myanmar
Naypyidaw country Myanmar
Naypyidaw capitalOf Myanmar
Myanmar kyat country Myanmar
Myanmar kyat legalTenderIn Myanmar
Myanmar kyat currencyOf Myanmar
this entity surface form: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Arakan Mountains country Myanmar
Assembly of the Union jurisdiction Myanmar
this entity surface form: Union of Myanmar
Assembly of the Union countryOfficialName Myanmar
this entity surface form: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Burmese script usedIn Myanmar
Burmese script country Myanmar
Kachin country Myanmar
Shan Hills country Myanmar
Bhamo region country Myanmar
23rd Fighter Group operatedIn Myanmar
this entity surface form: Burma
Special Force operatedIn Myanmar
this entity surface form: Burma
South East Asia Command regionServed Myanmar
this entity surface form: Burma
Salween River country Myanmar
Salween River basinCountry Myanmar
77th Indian Infantry Brigade areaOfOperations Myanmar
this entity surface form: Burma
Sam Manekshaw (as a junior officer in World War II) woundedInAction Myanmar
subject surface form: Sam Manekshaw
this entity surface form: Burma
U Thant countryOfCitizenship Myanmar
this entity surface form: Burma
U Thant countryOfCitizenship Myanmar
Tan commonInCountry Myanmar
AVG theaterOfOperations Myanmar
subject surface form: American Volunteer Group
this entity surface form: Burma
China Air Task Force operatedIn Myanmar
this entity surface form: Burma
Salween offensive location Myanmar
this entity surface form: Burma
Salween offensive location Myanmar
United Kingdom (indirectly via Burma operations) ruled Myanmar
subject surface form: United Kingdom
this entity surface form: Burma
United Kingdom (indirectly via Burma operations) usedForOperations Myanmar
subject surface form: United Kingdom
this entity surface form: Burma
Albert C. Wedemeyer placeOfMilitaryService Myanmar
this entity surface form: Burma
Long Range Penetration Groups operatedIn Myanmar
this entity surface form: Burma
Major General W. D. A. Lentaigne operationalArea Myanmar
subject surface form: W. D. A. Lentaigne
this entity surface form: Burma
Mandlay prison locatedIn Myanmar
subject surface form: Mandalay Prison
this entity surface form: Burma
Mandlay prison locatedIn Myanmar
subject surface form: Mandalay Prison