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Real Asia Ltd. provides you tailor made holidays composed according to your specific wishes. We strive to show you the Real Asian way of living without the big tourist traps. Below pages gives you a good impression on the country. Just e-mail us if you have any inquiries. Real Asia starts here.
Real Asia is een Nederlandse Tour Operator gevestigd in Bangkok - Thailand. We verzorgen reizen in de gehele Indochina regio. Boeken direct in Azie is vaak goedkoper dan in Nederland. Tevens kennen wij de regio op ons duimpje en kunnen u daarom de mooiste arrangementen aanbieden.
Myanmar
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Surely by now, that we are in the 21st century, half of the world will have been renamed. Old countries with new names appear all over Africa and Asia. Since 1989, Burma has become Myanmar and its capital, Rangoon, has become Yangon, Pegu has become Bago, Maymyo has become Pyin-Oo-Lwin, and so on. Myanmar, also known as the Golden Land, not only for its golden pagodas but also for the wealth of its agriculture and its precious minerals is - with its total area of 676,577 sq.km - about the size of the United Kingdom and France combined.
Myanmar lies in South East Asia, with parts of India and Bangladesh to the West, China to the North and Laos and Thailand to the East. Its southern borders are the sea; the Bay of Bengal to the Southwest and the Andaman Sea to the Southeast. However, whatever you call it, Myanmar or Burma, as Somerset Maugham once wrote: "You try to guard yourself by saying it is not real...it is a beauty that batters you and stund you and leaves you breathless..."
Facts at a Glance
| Full country name: Union of Myanmar (Burma became Myanmar in 1989 after the State Law and Order Restoration Council decided that the old name implied the dominance of Burmese culture; the Burmese are just one of the many ethnic groups in the country) Area: 671,000 sq km | ||
| Population: 46 million (growth rate 2.1%) | ||
| Capital city: Yangon (Rangoon) (pop 4 million) | ||
| People: People: 65% Burmese, 10% Shan, 7% Karen, 4% Rakhine and Chin, Kachin, Mon, Chinese, Indian and Assamese minorities | ||
| Language: Burmese, also Karen, Chin, Shan and Kachin dialects | ||
| Religion: 87% Theravada Buddhist, 5% Christian, 4% Muslim, 3% animist | ||
| Government: Military council | ||
| Head of state & Prime Minister: General Than Shwe | ||
| Visas: 28-day visas are issued and cost US$18 | ||
| Health risks: cholera, dysentery, hepatitis, malaria, rabies, typhoid | ||
| Time: UTC plus 6.5 hours | ||
| Electricity: Electricity: 230V, 50 Hz | ||
| Weights & Measures: Weights & Measures: Imperial with local variations | ||
| Tourism: 65,000 visitors in 1995 | ||