City: Myanmar
Capital: Naypyidaw
19°45′N 96°6′E / 19.750°N 96.100°E / 19.750; 96.100
Largest city: Yangon (Rangoon)
Official languages: Burmese
Recognised regional languages: Kachin
Kayah
Karen
Chin
Mon
Rakhine
Shan
Official script: Burmese script
Ethnic groups (): 68% Bamar
9% Shan
7% Karen
4% Rakhine
2% Mon
10% others
Religion: Theravāda Buddhism 87.9%
Christianity 6.2%
Islam 4.3%
Other 1.6%
Demonym: Burmese / Myanma / Myanmese
Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
• President: Win Myint
• State Counsellor: Aung San Suu Kyi
• 1st Vice President: Myint Swe
• 2nd Vice President: Henry Van Thio
Legislature: Assembly of the Union
• Upper house: House of Nationalities
• Lower house: House of Representatives
Formation• Pagan Kingdom: 23 December 849
• Taungoo Dynasty: 16 October 1510
• Konbaung Dynasty: 29 February 1752
• Annexation by Britain: 1 January 1886
• Independence: 4 January 1948
• Coup d'état: 2 March 1962
• New constitution: 30 March 2011
Area• Total: 676,578 km (261,228 sq mi) (39th)
• Water (%): 3.06
Population• 2014 census: 51,486,253 (2014), 53,582,855 (2017) (25th)
• Density: 76/km (196.8/sq mi) (125th)
GDP (PPP): 2017 estimate
• Total: $334.856 billion (53rd)
• Per capita: $6,360 (127th)
GDP (nominal): 2017 estimate
• Total: 72.368 billion (72nd)
• Per capita: $1,374 (150th)
HDI (2015): 0.556
medium · 145th
Currency: Kyat (K) (MMK)
Time zone: MMT (UTC+06:30)
Drives on the: right
Calling code: +95
ISO 3166 code: MM
Internet TLD: .mm
Top Things to do in Myanmar
What to do and see in Myanmar, Myanmar: The Best Churches & Cathedrals
September 27, 2021 Franklyn Hardiman
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Restaurants in Myanmar
1. St.Peter Cathedral Pathein
2. St John's Baptist Catholic Church
3. Holy Trinity Cathedral
446 Bogyoke Aung San Road, Yangon (Rangoon) Myanmar
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4.0 based on 157 reviews
Reviewed By MargotP445 - Korora, Australia
We visited because ancestors were married here in 19th Century! Well maintained, with regular services. There is a brochure which explains the history, especially the side chapel dedicated to the thousands of soldiers killed in World War 2 in Burma.
4. Immaculate Conception Cathedral
Bo Aung Kyaw Street, Yangon (Rangoon) Myanmar +95 1 245 647 http://www.yangonarchdiocese.org/archdiocese-of-yangon/parishes-yangon-zone/st-marys-cathedral
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4.0 based on 635 reviews
Reviewed By jpmac43 - Cairns, Australia
A large Cathedral with very interesting architecture & beautiful stained glass windows & religious statues. Well worth a visit to something you would not have expected to have survived over the centuries
5. Armenian Apostolic Church of St. John the Baptist
No. 66 Bo Aung Kyaw Street, Yangon (Rangoon) 11182 Myanmar +95 1 242 318 [email protected] http://www.yangonarmenianchurch.org
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4.0 based on 82 reviews
