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Yangon
has 6 synonyms ↓
Dagon
Mugal Road
North Okkalapa
Rangoon
translated as "End of Strife". "Rangoon" most likely comes from the British
Yangon/Rangoon
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burma city

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older name of Yangon, former Burmese capital

the largest city and a former capital of Burma

Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of 6 million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial center

's infrastructure is relatively undeveloped compared to those of other major cities in Southeast Asia

has the largest number of colonial buildings in Southeast Asia today

Yangon metropolitan area

Extent of Damage in Downtown during World War II

Kandawgyi Lake, a popular park near downtown Yangon

A market.

Ngahtatgyi Buddha image

Downtown Yangon, facing Sule Pagoda and Hlaing River

While many high-rise residential and commercial buildings have been constructed or renovated throughout downtown and Greater Yangon in the past two decades, most satellite towns that ring the city continue to be deeply impoverished

A colonial building

Downtown Yangon by Night

Saint Mary's Cathedral, Yangon at the corner of Bo Aung Kyaw Road

Downtown Yangon.

One of many houses destroyed during Cyclone Nargis

Shwedagon Pagoda, a Landmark of Yangon

Yangon port.

An apartment building downtown

Shwedagon Pagoda

Yangon General Hospital

A downtown market

Karaweik Palace on Kandawgyi Lake

Yangon Central Railway Station

(ရန္ကုန္) is a combination of the two words yan and koun, which mean "enemies" and "run out of" respectively

founded as Dagon in the 6th century AD by the Mon, who dominated Lower Burma at that time

located in lower Burma at the convergence of the Yangon and Bago Rivers about 19 miles (30 km) away from the Gulf of Martaban at 16°48' North, 96°09' East (16.8, 96.15)

Its standard time zone is UTC/GMT +6:30 hours

has an equatorial monsoon climate under the Köppen climate classification system

Until the mid 1990s, Yangon remained largely constrained to its traditional peninsula setting between the Bago, Yangon and Hlaing rivers

administered by the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC)

Myanmar's main domestic and international hub for air, rail, and ground transportation

the country's hub for the movie, music, advertising, newspaper and book publishing industries

the country’s main center for trade, industry, real estate, media, entertainment and tourism

has the best educational facilities and the highest number of qualified teachers in Myanmar where state spending on education is among the lowest in the world

The general state of health care in Yangon is poor

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Yangon
has 6 synonyms ↓
Dagon
Mugal Road
North Okkalapa
Rangoon
translated as "End of Strife". "Rangoon" most likely comes from the British
Yangon/Rangoon
Suggest another synonym or correct a wrong one