Myanmar: Major ethnic
groups and where they live
There are 135 ethnic groups in the country but Rohingya Muslims
are rendered stateless and stripped of citizenship.
Myanmar officially
recognises 135 ethnic groups but Rohingya Muslims have been rendered stateless and
stripped of their citizenship.
The Rohingya are often
said to be the world's most persecuted minority. They are an ethnic Muslim
group in the majority Buddhist country and make up around one million of the
total 50 million population.
They hail from the
country's northwest and speak a Bengali dialect. Almost all live in Rakhine,
one of the poorest states, with a population of three million.
About 140,000 Rohingya
in the Rakhine state live in ghetto-like camps that they cannot leave without
government permission.
Below is a map of the
country showing where each major ethnic group tends to live.
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