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Southeast Asia > Burma > Geography

BURMESE GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than Texas
Area > Land 657,740 sq km Time series [40th of 238]
Area > Total 678,500 sq km Time series [46th of 250]
Capital city with population Rangoon - 4,082,000
Climate
tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April)
Forested Land 52.3% [32nd of 193]
Geographic coordinates 22 00 N, 98 00 E Time series
Land boundaries > Border countries
Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km, Laos 235 km, Thailand 1,800 km
Land use > Arable land 14.92% Time series [78th of 258]
Largest city Yangon
Largest city population 3,873,000 [28th of 174]
Largest city with population Rangoon - 4,082,000
Location
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
Map references
Southeast Asia
Natural resources
petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, marble, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, hydropower
Population density 73.1 people per sqkm [118th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 76.83 people/m² Time series [103rd of 204]
Precipitation 2,681 mm [5th of 95]
Surface area > sq. km 676,580 km² Time series [39th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain Hkakabo Razi

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Burma, Union of Burma, Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (translated by the US Government as Union of Myanma and by the Burmese as Union of Myanmar), Myanma Naingngandaw, burma (myanmar), myanmar (burma), myanmar

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patricia (dubuque iowa)
2nd March 2009
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