Myanmar is located at the center of a tripod of East Asia, south Asia and South Asia,sandwhich between Thailand and Laos to the east ,India and Banglades to the west, and China to the north. Being a member nation for the ASEAN,Myanmar is the second largest in size among ASEAN,ten: Indonesia,Malasia,Phillipine,Brunei,Singapor,Laos,Cambodia,Vietnam,Thailand and Myanmar.The size is equal of France and England combined about 676,577 square kilometers.
Today,there are 135 ethnic groups in Myanmar,and all belong to Mongoloid stock.The Union of Myanmar is administratively divided in seven Division and States as follow:
-Seven Division: Sagaing division, Mandalay division, Magway division, Pegu division, Yanggon division, Ayeyawaddy division and Taninthary division.
-Seven states: Kachin state,Chin state, Shan state, Kayin state, Kayah state,Mon state, Rakhine state.
Most of Myanmar people are Buddhist. Every where I find many Buddhist centers, Meditation centers,monasteries,pagodas and so on.
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