Burma Overview Nations // Southeast Asia

OVERVIEW Burma (also known as the Union of Myanmar) is bordered on the northwest by Bangladesh and India, northeast by China, east by Laos and Thailand, south by the Andaman Sea and west by the Bay of Bengal. It controls several offshore island groups in the Andaman Sea, including the Mergui Archipelago (located off the west coast of the Tenasserim district) and the islands of Great and Little Coco, and Preparis Island, located north of the Indian-held Andaman Islands. Government...