The 1994 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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       Literacy:

       age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

       total population:

       81%

       male:

       89%

       female:

       72%

       Labor force:

       16.007 million (1992)

       by occupation:

       agriculture 65.2%, industry 14.3%, trade 10.1%, government 6.3%, other

       4.1% (FY89 est.)

      @Burma, Government

      Names:

       conventional long form:

       Union of Burma

       conventional short form:

       Burma

       local long form:

       Pyidaungzu Myanma Naingngandaw (translated by the US Government as

       Union of Myanma and by the Burmese as Union of Myanmar)

       local short form:

       Myanma Naingngandaw

       former:

       Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma

       Digraph:

       BM

       Type:

       military regime

       Capital:

       Rangoon (sometimes translated as Yangon)

       Administrative divisions:

       7 divisions* (yin-mya, singular - yin) and 7 states (pyine-mya,

       singular - pyine); Chin State, Irrawaddy*, Kachin State, Karan State,

       Kayah State, Magwe*, Mandalay*, Mon State, Pegu*, Rakhine State,

       Rangoon*, Sagaing*, Shan State, Tenasserim*

       Independence:

       4 January 1948 (from UK)

       National holiday:

       Independence Day, 4 January (1948)

       Constitution:

       3 January 1974 (suspended since 18 September 1988); National

       Convention started on 9 January 1993 to draft chapter headings for a

       new constitution

       Legal system:

       has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

       Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

       Executive branch:

       chief of state and head of government:

       Chairman of the State Law and Order Restoration Council Gen. THAN SHWE

       (since 23 April 1992)

       State Law and Order Restoration Council:

       military junta which assumed power 18 September 1988

       Legislative branch:

       People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw):

       last held 27 May 1990, but Assembly never convened; results - NLD 80%;

       seats - (485 total) NLD 396, the regime-favored NUP 10, other 79; was

       dissolved after the coup of 18 September 1988

       Judicial branch:

       none; Council of People's Justices was abolished after the coup of 18

       September 1988

       Political parties and leaders:

       Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), leader NA;

       National Unity Party (NUP; proregime), THA KYAW; National League for

       Democracy (NLD), U AUNG SHWE

       Other political or pressure groups:

       National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB), headed by

       the elected prime minister SEIN WIN (consists of individuals

       legitimately elected to Parliament but not recognized by the military

       regime; the group fled to a border area and joined with insurgents in

       December 1990 to form a parallel government; Kachin Independence Army

       (KIA); United Wa State Army (UWSA); Karen National Union (KNU);

       several Shan factions, including the Mong Tai Army (MTA); All Burma

       Student Democratic Front (ABSDF)

       Member of:

       AsDB, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD,

       IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, ITU,

       LORCS, NAM, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WMO

       Diplomatic representation in US:

       chief of mission:

       Ambassador U THAUNG

       chancery:

       2300 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008

       telephone:

       (202) 332–9044 or 9045

       consulate(s) general:

       New York

       US diplomatic representation:

       chief of mission:

       (vacant); Deputy Chief of Mission, Charge d'Affaires Franklin P.

       HUDDLE, Jr.

       embassy:

       581 Merchant Street, Rangoon

       mailing address:

       American Embassy, Box B, APO AP 96546

       telephone:

       [95] (1) 82055, 82181

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