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| 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 ]. 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. | |||
| '''Burma''' is the former name of the country now known as ]. The United States Government does not officially recognise the military government of Myanmar, and hence has not formally recognised the change of name, (which occurred in 1989). Th United Nations, however, officially recognises the new name . | |||
| <b>] (Top level domain):</b> MM | |||
| Due to the US government's non-recognition of the name Myanmar, all CIA World Factbook information refers to the former name, Burma. | |||
| <i>From the ] 2000. Not Wikified.</i> | <i>From the ] 2000. Not Wikified -- note, following subpages all refer to Burma, since they were authored by a US government agency.</i> | ||
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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.
Country code (Top level domain): MM
From the CIA World Factbook 2000. Not Wikified -- note, following subpages all refer to Burma, since they were authored by a US government agency.