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Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than Texas |
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Area > Land
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657,740 sq km |
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[40th of 238]
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Area > Total
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678,500 sq km |
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[46th of 250]
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Capital city with population
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Rangoon - 4,082,000 |
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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) |
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Forested Land
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52.3% |
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[32nd of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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22 00 N, 98 00 E |
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Land boundaries > Border countries
Bangladesh 193 km, China 2,185 km, India 1,463 km, Laos 235 km, Thailand 1,800 km |
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Land use > Arable land
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14.92% |
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[78th of 258]
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Largest city
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Yangon |
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Largest city population
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3,873,000 |
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[28th of 174]
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Largest city with population
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Rangoon - 4,082,000 |
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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 |
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Population density
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73.1 people per sqkm |
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[118th of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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76.83 people/m²
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[103rd of 204]
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Precipitation
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2,681 mm |
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[5th of 95]
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Surface area > sq. km
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676,580 km²
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[39th of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Hkakabo Razi |
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... View all Geography stats
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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