Where is Myanmar? What is its population?

Northern Myanmar belongs to Myanmar.

Myanmar has been a multi-ethnic country since ancient times with complicated ethnic relations. It was not until the 11th century AD that a loose centralized state was formed.

In the more than eight centuries until the demise of the last dynasty, the Yongjiya Dynasty in the mid-19th century, the Mon, Shan and Rakhine ethnic groups established their own political power and even ruled Myanmar for a time (such as the Shan ethnic group) ), but most of the time they were under the rule of the Bamar regime. The Kachin, Karen, and Chin were ruled by tribal or ethnic leaders and became feudal territories or chieftains.

Compared with other Chinese communities in the world, the Chinese inhabited areas in northern Myanmar have the following outstanding characteristics:

1. From a territorial point of view, they are connected into a large area and have a relatively large scale. big. Compared with other areas in the world where Chinese people inhabit are more concentrated, the Chinese-inhabited area in northern Myanmar covers an area of ??about 38,000 square kilometers (including 15,000 square kilometers in the northern Wa State and about 1.8 million square kilometers in the southern Wa State). million square kilometers (and may still be expanding), 54 times that of Singapore.

Compared with the situation of Chinese settlements in the government-controlled areas of northern Myanmar, the latter are mainly concentrated in commercial cities, such as Muse, Mandalay, Lashio, etc., or concentrated near transportation lines and commercial corridors , distributed in point and line shapes.

2. From the perspective of population, the number of people is large, the growth is rapid, and the population density is relatively small. The area already has a population of more than 1.5 million, and the family planning policy has not been implemented. It has attracted a large number of immigrants, and the population is growing rapidly. Due to war and other unstable factors, the population density of this area is the smallest in Myanmar. The area is vast and sparsely populated, and there is still room to accommodate a large number of immigrants.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Myanmar