IMyanmar, igama elipheleleyo le-Union of Myanmar, inommandla we-676,581 yeekhilomitha ezizikwere. Ifumaneka kwinxalenye esentshona ye-Indochina Peninsula, phakathi kweThebetan Plateau kunye ne-Malay Peninsula. Inqamleza i-India kunye ne-Bangladesh ukuya emantla-ntshona, i-China ukuya empuma-mpuma, iLaos neThailand kumazantsi mpuma, kunye neBay yaseBengal kunye noLwandle iAndaman ukuya emzantsi-ntshona. Unxweme luziikhilomitha ezingama-3,200 ubude. Inemozulu yemozulu yetropiki. Amahlathi afikelela kuma-50% engingqi yonke.

Ilizwe lahlulwe langamaphondo asixhenxe kunye namazwe asixhenxe. Eli phondo yeyona ndawo iphambili yohlanga lwamaBamar, kwaye iBangdo yindawo yokuhlala yabantu abancinci.

IMyanmar yimpucuko yakudala enembali ende. Emva kokwenza ilizwe elimanyeneyo ngo-1044, lafumana ubukhosi abathathu baseBagan, iDongwu naseGongbang. I-Bhritane yasungula iimfazwe ezintathu zobundlobongela ngokuchasene neBurma yaza yangena eBurma ukusukela ngo-1824-1885. Ngo-1886, i-Bhritane yonyula iBurma njengephondo leBritane India. Ngo-1937, iMyanmar yahlukana neBritani yaseIndiya kwaye yayilawulwa ngokuthe ngqo yiRhuluneli yaseBritane. Ngo-1942, umkhosi waseJapan wangena eBurma. Ngo-1945, uqhushululu jikelele lwelizwe lonke, labuya labuya iMyanmar. I-Bhritane yaphinda yalawula iBurma. Ngo-Okthobha u-1947, i-Bhritane yanyanzelwa ukuba ipapashe umthetho we-Burmese Independence Act. NgoJanuwari 4, 1948, iMyanmar yabhengeza inkululeko kwiBritish Commonwealth kwaye yaseka iManyano yaseMyanmar. Yabizwa igama lokuba yiRiphabhlikhi yoBusoshiyali yeNyunyana yaseMyanmar ngoJanuwari 1974, yaza yabizwa ngokuba yi "Union of Myanmar" ngoSeptemba 23, 1988.

Iflegi yesizwe: Uxande oxwesileyo onomlinganiso wobude kububanzi be-9: 5. Umphezulu weflegi ubomvu, kwaye kukho uxande omnyama omnyama ohlaza okwesibhakabhaka kwikona ephezulu yasekhohlo kunye nepateni emhlophe epeyintiweyo ngaphakathi-i-14 yeenkwenkwezi ezibonisa ezintlanu zijikeleze iigiya zamazinyo ali-14, iigiya zize, kwaye kukho indlebe yombona ngaphakathi. Ubomvu ubonakalisa ubugorha kunye nokuzimisela, umbala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ubonakalisa uxolo kunye nobunye, kwaye umhlophe ubonakalisa ubunyulu kunye nokulunga. Iinkwenkwezi ezili-14 ezinamanqaku amahlanu zimele amaphondo ali-14 kunye namazwe eManyano yaseMyanmar, kwaye iigiya kunye neendlebe zokutya okuziinkozo zifanekisela ushishino nezolimo.

Abemi baseMyanmar bamalunga nezigidi ezingama-55.4 (ukusukela nge-31 kaJanuwari 2006). Kukho amaqela e-135 eMyanmar, kubandakanya amaBurma, amaKaren, amaShan, amaKachin, amaChin, amaKayah, amaMon, namaRakhine.i-Burmese zibalelwa kuma-65% abemi bebonke. Ngaphezulu kwe-80% yabemi bakholelwa kwiBuddhism. Malunga ne-8% yabemi bakholelwa kwi-Islam. IsiBurmese lulwimi olusemthethweni, kwaye zonke izizwe ezincinci zineelwimi zazo, phakathi kwazo amaBurma, amaKachin, amaKaren, amaShan namaMon angamaqela aneempendulo.

Ezolimo sisiseko soqoqosho lwesizwe saseMyanmar.Izityalo eziphambili zibandakanya irayisi, ingqolowa, umbona, umqhaphu, umoba kunye nejute. IMyanmar ityebile ngobutyebi behlathi.Ilizwe lineehektare ezingama-34.12 ezigidi zomhlaba wehlathi onenqanaba lokugubungela malunga neepesenti ezingama-50.Yilona lizwe linemveliso enkulu yeti. Imithi ye-teak inzima kwaye ayinakumelana nomhlwa, kwaye yayiyeyona nto ibalaseleyo yokwakha iinqanawa emhlabeni ngaphambi kokuba abantu basebenzise isinyithi ukwakha iinqanawa. IMyanmar ijonga iteak njengomthi wesizwe kwaye ibizwa ngokuba "kukumkani wemithi" kunye "nobuncwane baseMyanmar". Ijeyidi kunye neempawu ezintle eMyanmar zinandipha udumo oluphezulu kwihlabathi.

IMyanmar lilizwe elidumileyo "leBuddhist". UbuBuddha bungeniswe eMyanmar ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-2500. Ngaphezulu kweminyaka eyi-1 000 eyadlulayo, amaBurma aqala ukukrola izibhalo zobuBhuda kwigqabi elibizwa ngokuba ngumthi waseBedoro, esenza iBay Leaf Sutra. Njengoko kukhankanyiwe kumbongo ka-Li Shangyin, "ukukhumbula isihlalo se-lotus kunye nokumamela iBayeux". Phakathi kwabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-46.4 baseMyanmar, ngaphezulu kwama-80% akholelwa kubuBhuda. Indoda nganye eMyanmar kufuneka ichebe iinwele zayo kwaye ibe yimonki ngaphakathi kwexesha elithile. Ngaphandle koko, iya kudelwa luluntu. AmaBuddha ayakuthanda ukwakhiwa kwemifanekiso eqingqiweyo kaBuddha, kwaye iitempile kufuneka zakhiwe ngeenqaba, zininzi ii-pagodas kulo lonke elaseMyanmar. Ke ngoko, iMyanmar ikwabizwa ngokuba "ngumhlaba wee pagodas". Iipagodas ezintle kwaye zintle zenza iMyanmar itsale abakhenkethi.