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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Yangon Chinatown
The Chinatown (တရုတ်တန်း) of Yangon lies at the west of the Sule Pagoda which is located in the centre of downtown Yangon.
The Chinatown (တရုတ်တန်း) of Yangon lies at the west of the Sule Pagoda which is located in the centre of downtown Yangon.
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Central Post Office
info This building was constructed in 1908 as the headquarters of one of colonial Burma's major rice traders, Bulloch Brothers & Co., a Scottish firm headquartered in Glasgow.
info This building was constructed in 1908 as the headquarters of one of colonial Burma's major rice traders, Bulloch Brothers & Co., a Scottish firm headquartered in Glasgow.
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Hlawga Park
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info Hlawga National Park (လှော်ကားအမျိုးသားဥယျာဉ်) is a national park located in Mingaladon Township, Yangon, Myanmar, 22 miles north of Yangon.
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info Hlawga National Park (လှော်ကားအမျိုးသားဥယျာဉ်) is a national park located in Mingaladon Township, Yangon, Myanmar, 22 miles north of Yangon.
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Myanmar Port Authority Building
info The uniquely preserved building of Myanmar Port Authority (မြန်မာ့ဆိပ်ကမ်းအာဏာပိုင်ရုံး) was built in 1920.
info The uniquely preserved building of Myanmar Port Authority (မြန်မာ့ဆိပ်ကမ်းအာဏာပိုင်ရုံး) was built in 1920.
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Kyaikkalo Pagoda
info The Kyaikkalo Pagoda (ကျိုက္ကလို့ ဘုရား) was built using laterite bricks with Mon architectural design which can be seen by looking at the octagonal base structure of the pagoda.
info The Kyaikkalo Pagoda (ကျိုက္ကလို့ ဘုရား) was built using laterite bricks with Mon architectural design which can be seen by looking at the octagonal base structure of the pagoda.
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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.
info Hnin Si Gone Home for Aged (နှင်းဆီကုန်းဘိုးဘွားရိပ်သာကြီး) is located on Kabar Aye Pagoda Road in Bahan Township, Yangon.
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Inya Lake
info Inya Lake (အင်းယားကန်) is the largest lake in Yangon, Myanmar.
info Inya Lake (အင်းယားကန်) is the largest lake in Yangon, Myanmar.
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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.
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.
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Oh-Bo Pottery Sheds
info The pots are made in huge thatch-roofed sheds. Oh-Bo district is located at the south of Twantay canal, about 15 minutes walk from the dock.
info The pots are made in huge thatch-roofed sheds. Oh-Bo district is located at the south of Twantay canal, about 15 minutes walk from the dock.
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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.
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.
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Bogyoke Aung San Market (Scott Market)
info Bogyoke Aung San Market (ဗိုလ်ချုပ်အောင်ဆန်းဈေး) is situated in the heart of Yangon, on Bogyoke Aung San Road.
info Bogyoke Aung San Market (ဗိုလ်ချုပ်အောင်ဆန်းဈေး) is situated in the heart of Yangon, on Bogyoke Aung San Road.
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Important Telephone Numbers (Yangon)
Telephone Area Code : 01
Telephone Area Code : 01
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Chan Myae Yeik Thar Meditation Center
info Chanmyae Yeik Thar (ချမ်းမြေ့ရိပ်သာ) functions mainly as a meditation center but it is also a monastery with resident monks who are the teachers of meditation.
info Chanmyae Yeik Thar (ချမ်းမြေ့ရိပ်သာ) functions mainly as a meditation center but it is also a monastery with resident monks who are the teachers of meditation.
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Gems Museum
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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.
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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.
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People's Park and Square
Water Fountain Garden in People's Park and Square
Water Fountain Garden in People's Park and Square
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Kandawgyi Garden and Kandawgyi Lake
info Kandawgyi Garden or Kandawgyi Nature Park (ကန်တော်ကြီး) is a popular recreation centre of the capital of Yangon.
info Kandawgyi Garden or Kandawgyi Nature Park (ကန်တော်ကြီး) is a popular recreation centre of the capital of Yangon.
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Food in Yangon
There are a variety of food availabel in Yangon, since Yangon is populated with many different races of people such as Myanmars, Chinese, Indians and other ethnic groups.
There are a variety of food availabel in Yangon, since Yangon is populated with many different races of people such as Myanmars, Chinese, Indians and other ethnic groups.
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Mahasi Meditation Center
info Buddha Sasana Nuggaha Organization was founded in 1947 in Myanmar with the objective of propagating the Buddha Sasana through scripture learning and the practice of Vipassana meditation.
info Buddha Sasana Nuggaha Organization was founded in 1947 in Myanmar with the objective of propagating the Buddha Sasana through scripture learning and the practice of Vipassana meditation.
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Martyrs' Mausoleum
info The Martyrs' Mausoleum (အာဇာနည်ဗိမာန်) is a memorable place of Myanmar National Leaders.
info The Martyrs' Mausoleum (အာဇာနည်ဗိမာန်) is a memorable place of Myanmar National Leaders.
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A man molding pot in a matter of seconds before the pots are taken to the kilns for baking.
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Botahtaung Pagoda
info The Botahtaung Pagoda (ဗိုလ်တထောင်ဘုရား) is located on the Botahtaung Paya Road.
info The Botahtaung Pagoda (ဗိုလ်တထောင်ဘုရား) is located on the Botahtaung Paya Road.
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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.
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.
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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.
info Pan Hlaing Golf Club (ပန်းလှိုင်ဂေါက်ကွင်း) is a newly established golf club located at a beautiful junction between Hlaing and Pan Hlaing Rivers.
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Rander House
info Rander House is unusual for its simple American Classical style, reminiscent of downtown Chicago.
info Rander House is unusual for its simple American Classical style, reminiscent of downtown Chicago.
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Yangon City Hall
info Centrally located in downtown Yangon. The Yangon City Hall (ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ခန်းမ) building is considered to be a fine example of Myanmar architecture.
info Centrally located in downtown Yangon. The Yangon City Hall (ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ခန်းမ) building is considered to be a fine example of Myanmar architecture.
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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.
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.
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Zafar Shah Dargah (Tomb)
info The Tomb is situated near the southern stairway of the Shwedagon Pagoda.
info The Tomb is situated near the southern stairway of the Shwedagon Pagoda.
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Kyauktan
Kyaik Hmaw Wun Pagoda (or also known as Kyauktan Yele Pagoda)
Kyaik Hmaw Wun Pagoda (or also known as Kyauktan Yele Pagoda)
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Karaweik Hall
info The floating Karaweik (ကရဝိက်) Restaurant on Kandawgyi Lake (ကန်တော်ကြီးကန်) is one of the landmarks of Yangon.
info The floating Karaweik (ကရဝိက်) Restaurant on Kandawgyi Lake (ကန်တော်ကြီးကန်) is one of the landmarks of Yangon.
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Yangon Drug Elimination Museum
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U Do Golf Club
info U Do Golf Club is located in Taikkyi Township, Yangon Region. Just about 2-hour drive from Yangon, it is an ideal place for eating out, fishing, boating and bird watching.
info U Do Golf Club is located in Taikkyi Township, Yangon Region. Just about 2-hour drive from Yangon, it is an ideal place for eating out, fishing, boating and bird watching.
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