Myanmar
Union of Myanmar
Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw
CAPITAL: Yangon (formerly Rangoon)
FLAG: The national flag is red with a blue canton, within which 14 white stars encircle a rice stalk and an industrial wheel.
ANTHEM: Kaba Makye (Our Free Homeland).
MONETARY UNIT: The kyat (K) is a paper currency of 100 pyas. There are coins of 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 pyas and 1 kyat, and notes of 1, 5, 10, 25, and 100 kyats. K1 = $0.00125 (or $1 = K800) as of May 2003.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: Both British and metric weights and measures are in general use, but local units also are employed.
HOLIDAYS: Independence Day, 4 January; Union Day, 12 February; Peasants' Day, 2 March; Defense Services Day, 27 March; Burmese New Year, 17 April; World Workers' Day, 1 May; Martyrs' Day, 19 July; Christmas, 25 December. Movable religious holidays include Full Moon of Tabaung, February or March; Thingyan (Water Festival), April; Full Moon of Kason, April or May; Waso (Beginning of Buddhist Lent), June or July; Thadingyut (End of Buddhist Lent), October; and Tazaungdaing, November.
TIME: 6:30 PM = noon GMT.
Location, Size, and Extent
Situated in Southeast Asia, Myanmar has an area of 678,500 sq km (261,970 sq mi), extending 1,931 km (1,200 mi) N–S and 925 km (575 mi) E–W.
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