For generations, the country was called Burma, after the dominant Burman ethnic group. But in 1989, one year after the ruling junta brutally suppressed a pro-democracy uprising, military leaders suddenly changed its name to Myanmar.

As for the country’s name, the commission decided to replace the English name “Burma” with “Myanmar”, for three reasons. First, Myanma is the official name of the country in the Burmese language, and the aim of the commission was to have English place names aligned with Burmese place names and pronunciation.

Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma

Myanmar is the largest country in Mainland Southeast Asia and the 10th largest in Asia by area….Myanmar.

NATURE – Burma boasts a wide range of fish and mammals but is probably best known for its elephants, manatees, wild buffalo, tigers and leopards. Over 800 species of birds make it an ornithologist’s paradise.

The conundrum emerged in 1989 when the ruling military government changed the country’s name from Burma to Myanmar after quashing a pro-democracy uprising by killing thousands of people. The military changed the English-language spelling of Rangoon, the nation’s major city, to Yangon at the same time.

ma lu myui:, IPA: [bəmà lùmjó]; also historically the Burmese and Burmans) are a Southeast Asian Sino-Tibetan ethnic group native to Myanmar (Burma). The Bamar live primarily in the Irrawaddy River basin and speak the Burmese language, which is the sole official language of Myanmar at a national level.

The Burmese borders are particularly hazardous places for both terrorist and army activity. The borders with China and Laos are particularly dangerous due to drug trafficking and rebel groups, and people are cautioned not to travel near them.

Buddhism. As much as 90% of the Burmese population practice Buddhism, making it the main religion in Myanmar.

A long-standing ban on the free entry of missionaries and religious materials has persisted since independence in 1948, which is seen as hostile to Christianity. The burning of Christian churches is reported in South Eastern Myanmar, where the Karens live.

Myanmar (Burma) is a majorly a Buddhist majority country with a significant minority population residing in the country. Bamar people also practice the Burmese folk religion under the name of Buddhism.

The Rohingya people (/roʊˈhɪndʒə, -ɪn-, -ɪŋjə/) are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma). Before the displacement crisis in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Bangladesh, an estimated 1.4 million Rohingya lived in Myanmar.

750,000 Catholics

The Catholic Church in Myanmar (also known as Burma) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are around 750,000 Catholics in Burma – approximately 1% of the total population. The country is divided into sixteen dioceses including three archdioceses.

Minority groups In Myanmar today about 6% of the population is Christian, with two-thirds being considered Protestant, of whom almost half are Baptist. The Myanmar Baptist Convention has more than 1.6 million members in almost 5,000 churches, forming one of the world’s largest Baptist communities.

13 dioceses

In 2015, it was estimated that 84 million Filipinos, or roughly 82.9% to 85% of the population, profess the Catholic faith….

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