In USMA 27292 it was stated:

The only other nations still
holding out with an archaic measurement system are Liberia and Myanmar;



Myanmar (then Burma) made the use of the metric system optional in 1920. Travellers in Myanmar report that the road from Rangoon (now Yangon) to its airport has distance signs in kilometres. It is likely that small traders use their old Burmese measures rather than inch/pound.




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