<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> You may need rendering support to display the Burmese script in this article correctly . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> You may need rendering support to display the Burmese script in this article correctly . </Td> </Tr> <P> Myanmar (Burmese pronunciation: (mjəmà)), officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state located in the Southeast Asian region . Myanmar is bordered by India and Bangladesh to its west, Thailand and Laos to its east and China to its north and northeast . To its south, about one third of Myanmar's total perimeter of 5,876 km (3,651 mi) forms an uninterrupted coastline of 1,930 km (1,200 mi) along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea . The country's 2014 census counted the population to be 51 million people . Myanmar is 676,578 square kilometers (261,228 square miles) in size . Its capital city is Naypyidaw, and its largest city and former capital is Yangon (Rangoon). Myanmar has been a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1997 . </P> <P> Early civilisations in Myanmar included the Tibeto - Burman - speaking Pyu city - states in Upper Burma and the Mon kingdoms in Lower Burma . In the 9th century, the Bamar people entered the upper Irrawaddy valley and, following the establishment of the Pagan Kingdom in the 1050s, the Burmese language, culture and Theravada Buddhism slowly became dominant in the country . The Pagan Kingdom fell due to the Mongol invasions and several warring states emerged . In the 16th century, reunified by the Taungoo Dynasty, the country was for a brief period the largest empire in the history of Mainland Southeast Asia . The early 19th century Konbaung Dynasty ruled over an area that included modern Myanmar and briefly controlled Manipur and Assam as well . The British took over the administration of Myanmar after three Anglo - Burmese Wars in the 19th century and the country became a British colony . Myanmar was granted independence in 1948, initially as a democratic nation and then, following a coup d'état in 1962, a military dictatorship . </P>

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