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MYANMAR (FORMERLY BURMA)
Capital
Rangoon (Yangon)
Area
678,576 square km (1 km = 0.62 miles), bordering Bangladesh to the west; India to the northwest; China and Laos to the northeast and Thailand to the east. Myanmar has a coastline on the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal. About 15 percent of the territory is cultivated and 40 percent is forest.
Language
Burmese is the official language, but also spoken are several local dialects and some English.
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Tropical storm Bijli struck Bangladesh at about 12:00 GMT on 17 April.
12 Mar 2009
ECHO photo essay: Myanmar water woes in the Delta
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9th Earthquake Vulnerablity Reduction Course
ADPC - Thailand
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ACT Appeal: Cyclone Nargis Rehabilitation, REVISION 3, Myanmar
ACT - Switzerland
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Health Coordinator
International Rescue Committee
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Coordinateur Administratif et Financier / MYANMAR
AMI - France
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