Burma_humanrights2

=Background = = =  =//Location://=  Burma is in both the eastern and northern hemispheres, and the southern edges of the country are just a few degrees north of the Equator. It's positioned in southeast Asia and bordered by the Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, Gulf of Thailand and the countries of Bangladesh, India, China, Laos and Thailand. media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Burma&ie=UTF8&ll=21.913965,95.956223&spn=40.217575,54.492188&z=4&output=embed&s=AARTsJr6xHhe8eFGRD2PNtG0YypWmKW2hQ" width="425" height="350"  Population: 50,519,000 Capital: Nay Pyi Taw Area: 676,552 square kilometers (261,218 square miles) (Texas, USA: 268,820sq mi, 696,241km²) Language: Burmese, minor languages Religion: Buddhism (89%), Christianity (4%), Islam (1%) Currency: kyat Life Expectancy: 57 GDP per Capita: U.S. $1,700 Literacy Percent: 83 =**//Division://**= The country is divided into seven states and seven divisions (yin). Divisions are predominantly Bamar. States, in essence, are divisions which are home to particular ethnic minorities.The administrative divisions are further subdivided into districts, which are further subdivided into townships, wards, and villages.
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Burma is a union of 135 ethnic groups with their own languages and dialects. The major races are the Kachin, the Kayah, the Kayin, the Chin, the Mon, the Bamar, the Rakhine, and the Shan. The name Myanmar embraces all the ethnic groups. Composition of the Different Ethnic Groups under the 8 Major National Ethnic Races in Myanmar.

Kachin** (1 million) comprises 12 different ethnic groups. (1) Kachin (2) Taron (3) Dalaung (4) Jingphaw (5) Guari (6) Hkahku (7) Duleng (8) Maru (Lawgore) (9) Rawang (10) Lashi (La Chit) (11) Atsi (12) Lisu
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 * Kayin** (4 million) comprises 11 different ethnic groups. (22) Kayin (23) Kayinpyu (24) Pa-Le-Chi (25) Mon Kayin (Sarpyu) (26) Sgaw (27) Ta-Lay-Pwa (28) Paku (29) Bwe (30) Monnepwa (31) Monpwa (32) Shu (Pwo)======

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 * Chin** (1.5 million) comprises 53 different ethnic groups. (33) Chin (34) Meithei (Kathe) (35) Saline (36) Ka-Lin-Kaw (Lushay) (37) Khami (38) Awa Khami (39) Khawno (40) Kaungso (41) Kaung Saing Chin (42) Kwelshin (43) Kwangli (Sim) (44) Gunte (Lyente) (45) Gwete (46) Ngorn (47) Zizan (48) Sentang (49) Saing Zan (50) Za-How (51) Zotung (52) Zo-Pe (53) Zo (54) Zahnyet (Zanniet) (55) Tapong (56) Tiddim (Hai-Dim) (57) Tay-Zan (58) Taishon (59) Thado (60) Torr (61) Dim (62) Dai (Yindu) (63) Naga (64) Tanghkul (65) Malin (66) Panun (67) Magun (68) Matu (69) Miram (Mara) (70) Mi-er (71) Mgan (72) Lushei (Lushay) (73) Laymyo (74) Lyente (75) Lawhtu (76) Lai (77) Laizao (78) Wakim (Mro) (79) Haulngo (80) Anu (81) Anun (82) Oo-Pu (83) Lhinbu (84) Asho (Plain) (85) Rongtu======

**Shan** (5 million) comprises 33 ethnic groups. (103) Shan (104) Yun (Lao) (105) Kwi(106) Pyin (107) Yao (108) Danaw (109) Pale (110) Eng (111) Son (112) Khamu (113) Kaw (Akha-E-Kaw)
(114) Kokant (115) Khamti Shan (116) Hkun (117) Taungyo (118) Danu (119) Palaung (120) Man Zi (121) Yin Kya (122) Yin Net (123) Shan Gale (124) Shan Gyi (125) Lahu (126) Intha (127) Eik-swair (128) Pa-O (129) Tai-Loi (130) Tai-Lem (131) Tai-Lon (132) Tai-Lay (133) Maingtha (134) Maw Shan (135) Wa

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