Branches: Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police,
People's Militia

Manpower availability: males age 15-49: 2,149,485 males fit for military service: 1,101,184 (1996 est.)

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $104 million, 6.4% of GDP (1994)

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@Burma ——-

Map —-

Location: 22 00 N, 98 00 E — Southeastern Asia, bordering the
Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand

Flag ——

Description: red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing, all in white, 14 five-pointed stars encircling a cogwheel containing a stalk of rice; the 14 stars represent the 14 administrative divisions

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