Myanmar has a land border totaling 4,053 miles (6,523 km) bordering five countries and encompassing a total land area of 261,228 square miles (676,580 km 2). The neighboring countries are China, India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Laos. It is strategically located near major Indian Ocean shipping lanes and was historically home to overland trade routes into China from the Bay of Bengal. The country is home to many diverse ethnic groups, with 135 officially recognized groups. The central valley follows the Irrawaddy River, the most economically important river to the country with 39.5 million people, including the largest city Yangon, living within its basin. The country is nestled between several mountain ranges with the Arakan Mountains on the west and the Shan Plateau dominating the east. To its west is the Bay of Bengal and to its south is the Andaman Sea. Myanmar lies along the Indian and Eurasian Plates, to the southeast of the Tibetan Plateau. The kite-shaped country stretches from 10'N to 20'N for 1,275 miles (2,050 km) with a long tail running along the western coast of the Malay Peninsula. With an area of 261,228 sq mi (676,578 sq km), it is the second largest country in Southeast Asia and the largest on mainland Southeast Asia. Myanmar (also known as Burma) is the northwesternmost country of mainland Southeast Asia located on the Indochinese peninsula. Myanmar (Burma) map of Köppen climate classification Jade, Rubies, Sapphires, Petroleum, Natural Gas, Gold, Teak, Tin, Antimony, Zinc, Hydropower potential, Copper, Iron, Coal
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