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MAYANMAR VACATIONS |
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ABOUT - MAYANMAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS |
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Myanmar vacations you can enjoy famous tourist attractions, which include in Myanmar tour package. The ethnic origins of modern Myanmar (known historically as Burma) are a mixture of Indo-Aryans, who began pushing into the area around 700 B.C., and the Mongolian invaders under Kublai Khan who penetrated the region in the 13th century. Anawrahta (1044-1077) was the first great unifier of Myanmar. In 1612, the British East India Company sent agents to Burma, but the Burmese doggedly resisted efforts of British, Dutch, and Portuguese traders to establish posts along the Bay of Bengal. Through the Anglo-Burmese War in 1824-1826 and two subsequent wars, the British East India Company expanded to the whole of Burma. By 1886, Burma was annexed to India, then became a separate colony in 1937.
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| Geography of Mayanmar |
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Slightly smaller than Texas, Myanmar occupies the Thailand/Cambodia portion of the Indochinese peninsula. India lies to the northwest and China to the northeast. Bangladesh, Laos, and Thailand are also neighbors. The Bay of Bengal touches the southwest coast. The fertile delta of the Irrawaddy River in the south contains a network of intercommunicating canals and nine principal river mouths.
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| Land area |
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253,954 sq mi (657,741 sq km); total area: 261,70 q mi (sq km) |
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| Population (2006 est.) |
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47,382,633 (growth rate: 0.8%); birth rate: 17.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 61.9/1000; life expectancy: 61.0; density per sq mi: 187 |
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| Capital and largest city (2003 est.) |
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Rangoon (Yangon), 4,344,100 |
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| Other large city |
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Mandalay, 1,147,400 |
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| Language |
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Burmese, minority languages |
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| Ethnicity/race |
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Burman 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Rakhine 4%, Chinese 3%, Mon 2%, Indian 2%, other 5% |
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| Religions |
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Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Islam 4%, Animist 1%, other 2% |
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| Literacy rate |
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83% (1995 est.) |
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| Agriculture |
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Rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane; hardwood; fish and fish products. |
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| Natural resources |
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Petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, some marble, limestone, precious stones, natural gas, hydropower. |
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| Visa Information |
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Tourist visas can be purchased at the airport for US$20 plus two passport photos. However you may find that the airlines have yet to update their information, so boarding the plane may be the bigger problem. At this time we recommend you organise your visa in advance. Unless you arrange some sort of special tour or apply for permission in advance you will have to fly in and fly out. We recommend to try and get your visa in advance and save yourself the bother of being turned away. Tourist visas for Myanmar, with a 28 day validity, can be issued the same day when applied for from any Myanmar Embassy or Consulate worldwide. The FEC currency exchange of $200 per person is no longer required |
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| Temporary Entry Visas |
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All temporary entry visa applications are lodged, processed and decided in Tokyo. Citizens of Japan are eligible for streamlined processing of visitor visas through ETA. Please see World Index Introduction for details. 416 Special Program applications are lodged and processed at the Hobart Special Program Processing Centre 420 Entertainment sponsorship and visa applications are lodged and processed at the Sydney Entertainment Processing Centre From 2 April 2005, Sponsored Family Visitor visa (subclass 679) applications must be lodged by the sponsor at a State or Territory office within Australia. |
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