Yangon

(formerly Rangoon)

Age: 2500 years
Area: 576 km²
Population: 4,082,000
Location: Latitude: 16°48' N, 96°9' E
Temperature: Min 16 'C - Max 34 'C


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Entertainment in Yangon

Entertainment in Yangon
Television Stations
 

Ah Lain Nga Sint Temple & Maha Say Wingaba

Ah Lain Nga Sint Temple & Maha Say Wingaba
info Ah Lain Nga Sint Temple or Maha Say Wingaba was Venerable Sayadaw’s (Monk) monastery where occultism was practised during his life time.
 

Gems Museum

Gems Museum
Photo Credit-www.tripadvisor.co.uk
info The Myanma Gems Museum and Gems Mart (မြန်မာ့ ကျောက်မျက်ရတနာ ပြခန်းနှင့် အရောင်းခန်းမ) is a four-storey building is situated at No.66, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Mayangon Township and very close to the Kaba Aye Pagoda.
 

National Races Village

National Races Village
info National Races Village (ပြည်ထောင်စုတိုင်းရင်းသားကျေးရွာ) was constructed by Ministry of Border Affairs, situated in Tharketa Township, on the left side of Yangon-Thanlyin Bridge.
 

Police Commissioner's Building

Police Commissioner's Building
info The architect of this building, Thomas Oliphant Foster worked with Edwin Lutyens on his designs for New Delhi. The echo of the monumentalism Lutyens strove for in New Delhi is evident here.
 

Yangon City Tour in 10 Minutes

Yangon City Tour video in 10 Minutes, by Travel Asia, will give you a brief presentation of Myanmar's commercial capital, Yangon.
 

Kyauktan

Kyauktan
Kyaik Hmaw Wun Pagoda (or also known as Kyauktan Yele Pagoda)
 

Nagar Glass Factory

Nagar Glass Factory
Photo Credit -  Tanja Van De Linde
 

Thanlyin

Thanlyin
info Thanlyin (သန်လျင်မြို့) was formerly known as Syriam. Myanmar usually pronounce as "Tanyin". It is a city in Yangon Division in Myanmar. It is located on the bank of Yangon River, and is a major port.
 

National Health Museum

National Health Museum
info The National Health Museum is quite a small museum, educating children and the general public for health knowledge.
 

Important Telephone Numbers (Yangon)

Important Telephone Numbers (Yangon)
 
Telephone Area Code : 01
 

Kyauktawgyi Pagoda

Kyauktawgyi Pagoda
info Kyauktawgyi Pagoda (ကျောက်တော်ကြီးဘုရား) houses one of the biggest marble Buddha Images in Myanmar with a height of 37ft (11m), a width of 24ft (7m) and a weight of over 600 tonnes.
 

Bogyoke Aung San Market (Scott Market)

Bogyoke Aung San Market (Scott Market)
info Bogyoke Aung San Market (ဗိုလ်ချုပ်အောင်ဆန်းဈေး) is situated in the heart of Yangon, on Bogyoke Aung San Road.
 

Strand Hotel

Strand Hotel
info The Strand Hotel (ကမ်းနားလမ်း ဟိုတယ်) is a Victorian-style hotel located in Yangon.
 

Kheng Hock Keong Chinese Temple

Kheng Hock Keong Chinese Temple
info Kheng Hock Keong Chinese Temple (ခိန့်ဟုတ် ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာဘုရားကျောင်း) is located on the corner of Sinn Oo Dan Street and Strand Road in Latha Township, Yangon, Myanmar.
 

Botahtaung Pagoda

Botahtaung Pagoda
info The Botahtaung Pagoda (ဗိုလ်တထောင်ဘုရား) is located on the Botahtaung Paya Road.
 

Yangon's Heritage Buildings

Yangon's Heritage Buildings
Yangon's cityscape is utterly unique. Much of its colonial-era architecture remains standing and the city boasts one of Asia's most impressive collections of late nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century buildings, both religious and secular.
 

Touring around Yangon

Touring around Yangon
 
I headed straight for the top level, which provides the best views of life in the river, as well as the sunset. Ii ordered some food and a drink, then settled back and enjoyed the river breeze on my face. Ah, fresh air! On one side of the river, colonial buildings, modern high-rises
and golden pagodas emerging from the lush greenery, while the opposite bank was even more green, with small docks and village houses hidden among the palm trees and other vegetation.
 

Pan Hlaing Golf Club

Pan Hlaing Golf Club
info Pan Hlaing Golf Club (ပန်းလှိုင်ဂေါက်ကွင်း) is a newly established golf club located at a beautiful junction between Hlaing and Pan Hlaing Rivers.
 

Kyaikkasan Pagoda

Kyaikkasan Pagoda
info Kyaikkasan Pagoda (ကျို​က္က​စံ ဆံ​တော်​ရှင်စေတီ​တော်) is located in Thingangyun Township, Yangon.
 

The Tejoomal Building

The Tejoomal Building
This delightful building was once the magical setting of the so-called Old Curiosity Shop of the East, an emporium of oriental curios stocked with silverware, silks, carpets, carvings, and exotic souvenirs from across Asia.
 

National Museum

National Museum
The Bronze statue of King Bayinnaung (The founder of the First Kingdom of Myanmar, in front of the National Museum)
 

Myanmar Railway Headquarters

Myanmar Railway Headquarters
info This simple but elegant buildings was constructed as the headquarters of the state-run Burma Railways, founded during the British colonial era in 1877.
 

Yangon Information

 
Yangon Information
Yangon, formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the largest city of Myanmar. 
 

Chauk Htat Gyi Buddha Image

Chauk Htat Gyi Buddha Image
info One of Myanmar’s more revered reclining Buddhas. It is housed in a large metal-roofed shed and is located at a short distance, north east of the Shwedagon Pagoda.
 

The story of Shin Mwaynun and Min Nandar

The story of Shin Mwaynun and Min Nandar
 
Once upon a time there was a kingdom called Syriam on the site of present-day Thanlyin, just across the river from Yangon. The queen of this kingdom died while she was pregnant and her baby girl was delivered just before the queen’s funeral pyre was lit at the cemetery on the bank of the river.
 

Sri Kali Temple

Sri Kali Temple
info Sri Kali Temple is one of the most richly decorated Hindu temples with the impressive stone sculptures and carvings of Hindu gods around around its colourful roof.
 

Hnin Si Gone Home for Aged

Hnin Si Gone Home for Aged
info Hnin Si Gone Home for Aged (နှင်းဆီကုန်းဘိုးဘွားရိပ်သာကြီး) is located on Kabar Aye Pagoda Road in Bahan Township, Yangon.
 

Yangon Chinatown

Yangon Chinatown
The Chinatown (တရုတ်တန်း) of Yangon lies at the west of the Sule Pagoda which is located in the centre of downtown Yangon.
 

Mahawizaya Pagoda

Mahawizaya Pagoda
info The Maha Wizaya Pagoda (မဟာဝိဇယစေတီ) was built on the Dhammarakkhita (Guardian of the Law) Hill which faces the famous Shwedagon Pagoda, in 1980 to commemorate the first successful convening of all sects of the Buddhist monastic order, under one supervisory body.
 

Yangon Drug Elimination Museum

Yangon Drug Elimination Museum
Photo Credit - www.yangonite.com
 

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