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Capital	Naypyidaw
Government	Military dictatorship
Currency	kyat (MMK)
Area	total: 678,500 km2 land: 657,740 km2 water: 20,760 km2
Population	42,909,464 (July 2006 estimate)
Language	Burmese (official), English, Shan dialects, Kayin, Mon, Chinese dialects (Hokkien, Cantonese), Hindi, Tamil
Religion	Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2% (mostly Hindu)
Electricity	220V/50Hz (American and/or Central Europe plug)
Calling Code	+95
Internet TLD	.mm
Time Zone	UTC+6:30

Myanmar , or Burma, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is a country in Southeast Asia. It lies on the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea coast with Bangladesh and India to the west, China to the north, and Laos and Thailand to the east.