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Myanmar

Capital: Naypyidaw

  • Myanmar covers about 676,579 square kilometres and is the largest country by area in mainland Southeast Asia.
  • Builders in Bagan erected more than 10,000 religious monuments over about 250 years, and around 2,229 still survive. UNESCO listed the site in 2019.
  • On Inle Lake, men row standing at the back of the boat with one leg wrapped around the oar, which helps them see over the reeds.
  • Kuthodaw Pagoda, built under King Mindon and opened in 1868, has 729 marble slabs carved with the Pali Canon. It is popularly called the world's largest book.
  • Yangon has the largest number of colonial-era buildings in Southeast Asia. About 200 notable ones were placed on the city's heritage list in 1996.

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