Map of Burma

Burma

• Population: 50.7 million (UN, 2005)
• Capital: Rangoon (Yangon) (authorities say the seat of government is moving to Pyinmana, north of Rangoon)
• Area: 676,552 sq km (261,218 sq miles)
• Major languages: Burmese, indigenous ethnic languages
• Major religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Islam
• Life expectancy: 57 years (men), 63 years (women) (UN)
• Monetary unit: 1 kyat = 100 pyas
• New Light of Myanmar - English-language organ of SPDC
• Myanmar Times - state-run English-language weekly