"Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်မြို့; MLCTS: rankun mrui.; pronunciation [jàɴɡòʊɴ mjo̰], lit. ´End of Strife´), formerly known as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the ...
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largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government relocated the administrative functions to the purpose-built city of Naypyidaw [nèpjìdɔ̀] in central Myanmar. With over 7 million people, Yangon is Myanmar´s most populous city and its most important commercial centre.
Yangon boasts the largest number of colonial-era buildings in Southeast Asia, and has a unique colonial-era urban core that is remarkably intact. The colonial-era commercial core is centred around the Sule Pagoda, which is reputed to be over 2,000 years old. The city is also home to the gilded Shwedagon Pagoda – Myanmar´s most sacred Buddhist pagoda. The mausoleum of the last Mughal Emperor is located in Yangon, where he had been exiled following the Indian Mutiny of 1857." - (en.wikipedia.org 27.09.2019)
- Latitude16.799999237061
- Longitude96.150001525879
- Population4477638