Myanmar: A Photo essay
A series of interpretive photographs by Frauke Kraas for Geographische
Rundschau, 2009
Myanmar• Also called Burma.
• Since 1989 the military
authorities in Burma and the
current parliamentary
government have promoted the
name Myanmar as a
conventional name for their
state; the US Government has
not adopted the name.
• Basically the fertile valley and
delta of the Irawaddy River.
• 89% Buddhist
• Capital moved from Yangon
(Rangoon) in the delta to
Paypyidaw which is deep in the
interior in 2005.
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