Myanmar, dzina lonse la Union of Myanmar, ili ndi gawo lalikulu ma 676581 ma kilomita. Ili kumadzulo kwa Indochina Peninsula, pakati pa Chigwa cha Tibetan ndi Malay Peninsula. Imadutsa India ndi Bangladesh kumpoto chakumadzulo, China kumpoto chakum'mawa, Laos ndi Thailand kumwera chakum'mawa, ndi Bay of Bengal ndi Nyanja ya Andaman kumwera chakumadzulo. Mphepete mwa nyanja ndi makilomita 3,200 kutalika. Ali ndi nyengo yamvula yotentha. Kuphimba nkhalango kumawerengera zoposa 50% yamalo onse.

Dzikoli lagawidwa zigawo zisanu ndi ziwiri komanso zigawo zisanu ndi ziwiri. Chigawochi ndiye dera lokhalo lokhalamo anthu amtundu wa Bamar, ndipo Bangdo ndiye dera lokhalamo anthu amitundu ingapo.

Myanmar ndichikhalidwe chakale chokhala ndi mbiri yakale. Atapanga dziko logwirizana mu 1044, idakumana ndi mafumu atatu achifumu a Bagan, Dongwu ndi Gongbang. Britain idayambitsa nkhondo zitatu zotsutsana ndi Burma ndipo idalanda Burma kuyambira 1824-1885. Mu 1886, Britain idasankha Burma kukhala chigawo cha Britain India. Mu 1937, Myanmar idadzipatula ku Britain India ndipo inali pansi paulamuliro wa Kazembe wa Britain. Mu 1942, gulu lankhondo la Japan linalanda Burma. Mu 1945, kuukira konse m'dziko lonselo, Myanmar kunayambiranso. A Britain adayambanso kulamulira Burma. Mu Okutobala 1947, Britain idakakamizidwa kuti ikhazikitse lamulo lodziyimira pawokha ku Burma. Pa Januware 4, 1948, Myanmar idalengeza kuti idalandidwa ndi Britain Commonwealth ndipo idakhazikitsa Union of Myanmar. Idasinthidwa kukhala Socialist Republic of Union of Myanmar mu Januwale 1974, ndipo adasinthidwa "Union of Myanmar" pa Seputembara 23, 1988.

Mbendera yadziko: Kakona kakang'ono kophatikizana kokhala ndi kutalika kwa kutalika mpaka 9: 5. Pamwamba pa mbendera ndi yofiira, ndipo pali kansalu kakang'ono kakuda kabuluu pakona yakumanzere yakumanja yokhala ndi zoyera zojambulidwa mkati-14 nyenyezi zosongoka zisanu zungulira zida zamazino 14, zida ndizabowo, ndipo mkati mwake muli khutu la chimanga. Chofiira chimatanthauza kulimba mtima ndi kutsimikiza, buluu lakuda likuyimira mtendere ndi umodzi, ndipo zoyera zimaimira chiyero ndi ukoma. Nyenyezi 14 zosongoka zisanu zikuyimira zigawo 14 za Union of Myanmar, ndipo magiya ndi makutu a tirigu akuimira mafakitale ndi ulimi.

Chiwerengero cha anthu ku Myanmar pafupifupi 55.4 miliyoni (kuyambira Januware 31, 2006). Pali mitundu 135 ku Myanmar, makamaka Burma, Karen, Shan, Kachin, Chin, Kayah, Mon ndi Rakhine.Burmese ndi pafupifupi 65% ya anthu onse. Oposa 80% ya anthu amakhulupirira Chibuda. Pafupifupi 8% ya anthu amakhulupirira Chisilamu. Chibama ndi chilankhulo chovomerezeka, ndipo mafuko onse ali ndi zilankhulo zawo, pakati pawo mitundu ya Burmese, Kachin, Karen, Shan ndi Mon.

Ulimi ndiye maziko a chuma cha dziko la Myanmar.Zomera zazikuluzikulu ndi mpunga, tirigu, chimanga, thonje, nzimbe ndi jute. Dziko la Myanmar lili ndi nkhalango zambiri. Dzikoli lili ndi mahekitala 34.12 miliyoni a nkhalango zopezeka pafupifupi 50%. Ndilo dziko lokhala ndi teak wamkulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Mitengo ya teak ndi yolimba komanso yosagwira dzimbiri, ndipo inali chida chabwino kwambiri chomanga zombo padziko lapansi anthu asanagwiritse ntchito chitsulo pomanga zombo. Myanmar imawona teak ngati mtengo wapadziko lonse lapansi ndipo amatchedwa "mfumu yamitengo" komanso "chuma cha Myanmar". Dzuwa ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali ku Myanmar ili ndi mbiri yotchuka padziko lapansi.

Myanmar ndi "dziko lachi Buddha" lotchuka. Chibuda chayambitsidwa ku Myanmar kwazaka zopitilira 2500. Zaka zoposa 1,000 zapitazo, anthu aku Burma adayamba kulemba zolemba zachi Buddha pachi tsamba lotchedwa mtengo wa Bedoro, ndikupanga Bay Bay Leaf Sutra. Monga tafotokozera mu ndakatulo ya Li Shangyin, "kukumbukira mpando wa lotus ndikumvera Bayeux Sutra". Mwa anthu opitilira 46.4 miliyoni aku Myanmar, oposa 80% amakhulupirira Chibuda. Mwamuna aliyense ku Myanmar ayenera kumeta tsitsi lake ndikukhala monk munthawi ina. Apo ayi, idzanyozedwa ndi anthu. Abuda amasangalala ndi zomangidwa za ziboliboli za Buddha, ndipo akachisi ayenera kumangidwa ndi nsanja.Pali achikunja ambiri ku Myanmar. Chifukwa chake, Myanmar imadziwikanso kuti "dziko lama pagodas". Mitundu yokongola komanso yokongola iyi imapangitsa dziko la Myanmar kukhala lokopa alendo.