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Myanmar is a country in Southeast Asia, formerly known as Burma. The name of the country was changed in 1989, and this change of name has been officially recognized by the United Nations. But some states, such as the United States, do not recognize this change of name, since they do not recognize the military government which instituted it. Therefore, "Myanmar" - not Burma - is accepted by all other countries as well. Today, people use Myanmar although they oppose of the military governemt.

Country code (Top level domain): MM (formerly BU)

History of Myanmar (see also History of Burma)
Geography of Myanmar
Demographics of Myanmar
Politics of Myanmar
Economy of Myanmar
Communications in Myanmar
Transportation in Myanmar
Military of Myanmar
Culture of Myanmar (see also: music of Myanmar)
Foreign relations of Myanmar

Much of the material in these articles comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2003 U.S. Department of State website.

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 '''Myanmar''' is a country in [[Southeast Asia]], formerly known as '''Burma'''.
 The name of the country was changed in 1989, and this change of name has been officially recognized by the [[United Nations]].
-But some states, such as the [[United States of America|United States]], do not recognize this change of name, since they do not recognize the [[Junta|military government]] which instituted it. But, they now accept new name "Myanmar" since all other countries have no objections for that.
+But some states, such as the [[United States of America|United States]], do not recognize this change of name, since they do not recognize the [[Junta|military government]] which instituted it. Therefore, "Myanmar" - not Burma - is accepted by all other countries as well. Today, people use Myanmar although they oppose of the military governemt.
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