MYANMAR (BURMA)

Alex Morris| Mr. Noseworthy | ISU

WHY DID I WANT TO DO MYANMAR
(BURMA)
• The Top Gear Burmese
Special where they drove
trucks across Burma
• That is the only reason if I did
not watch that I would know
nothing of this country
WHERE IS MYANMAR (BURMA)
• Burma is located in south east Asia on the bay of Bengal
GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF MYANMAR
(BURMA)
• Surrounded by the
Himalayas
• Main rivers are,
Ayeyarwady, Chindwin,
Thanlwin, and Sittaung
• 676,578 square km
• Mount Hkakabo 5,881m tall
CLIMATE OF (BURMA) MYANMAR
• 3 seasons rainy (July-
October), cold (November-
February), and hot (march-
june)
• Up to 508cm of rain per year
in the coastal regions
• Up to 45 degrees down to 0
degrees
ENVIRONMENT OF (BURMA) MYANMAR
• They grow rice, beans,
sesame, ground nuts, sugar
cane.
HISTORY OF (BURMA) MYANMAR
• Many cool events

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year war
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CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
• Monks, the educated and aged are well respected
• Ethnic groups are, Mons and Khmers, Tibeto-Bamars, and tia-
Chinese
• They were sarongs called longyi men knot in front, women fold
to side, men where collared shirts over it and women where a
blouse over it
• magic is widely believed
GOVERNMENT OF (BURMA) MYANMAR
• It has a parliamentary
republic, with three sub
branches, legislative,
executive, and judicial
• The military rule ended in
2015
ECONOMY OF (BURMA) MYANMAR
• Has a GDP of$66.324 billion
• Lots of rice, 60% of
cultivated land is rice
• Decrease in opium, poppies
were banned in the north in
2002
TOURISM IN (BURMA) MYANMAR
• Upwards of 1.8 million
people expected each year
• You can see a variety of
temples, beach resorts,
museums, conservation
areas and much more
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