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conventional long form: Union of Burma
conventional short form: Burma
Rangoon (regime refers to the capital as
Yangon)
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea
and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
total: 678,500 sq km
land: 657,740 sq km
water: 20,760 sq km
Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own
languages
agricultural processing; knit and woven
apparel; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; construction
materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; cement
Clothing, gas, wood products, pulses, beans,
fish, rice
Fabric, petroleum products, plastics,
machinery, transport equipment, construction materials, crude oil; food
products


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