Yangon
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Yangon ရန်ကုန် Rangoon |
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 Yangon
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| Coordinates: 16°51′N 96°11′E / 16.850°N 96.183°ECoordinates: 16°51′N 96°11′E / 16.850°N 96.183°E | |||
| Country | Myanmar | ||
| Region | Yangon Region | ||
| Settled | c. 1028–1043 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Maung Maung Soe | ||
| Area | |||
| • Urban | 231.18 sq mi (598.75 km2) | ||
| • Metro | 3,930 sq mi (10,170 km2) | ||
| Population (2014 Census) | |||
| • Metropolitan City | 7,360,703 | ||
| • Urban | 5,160,512 | ||
| • Rural | 2,200,191 | ||
| • Ethnicities | Bamar, Chinese Burmese, Burmese Indians, Chin, Rakhine, Mon, Karen, Shan, Kayah, Kachin | ||
| • Religions | Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam | ||
| Demonym(s) | Yangoner | ||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+6:30) | ||
| Area code(s) | 01 | ||
| Vehicle registration | YGN | ||
| Website | www |
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Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်, MLCTS rankun mrui, pronounced: [jàɴɡòʊɴ mjo̰]; also known as Rangoon, literally: "End of Strife") is a former capital of Myanmar and the capital of Yangon Region. Yangon is the country's largest city with a population above seven million, and is the most important commercial centre, although the military government officially relocated the capital to the newly built city of Naypyidaw in March 2006.
Although Yangon's infrastructure is undeveloped compared to that of other major cities in southeast Asia, it now has the largest number of colonial buildings in the region. While many high-rise residential and commercial buildings have been constructed or renovated throughout the city centre and Greater Yangon in the past two decades, most satellite towns that ring the city continue to be deeply impoverished.
Yangon (ရန်ကုန်) is a combination of the two words yan (ရန်) and koun (ကုန်), which mean "enemies" and "run out of", respectively. It is also translated as "End of Strife". "Rangoon" most likely comes from the British imitation of the pronunciation of "Yangon" in the Arakanese language, which is [rɔ̀ɴɡʊ́ɴ].
Yangon was founded as Dagon in the early 11th century (c. 1028–1043) by the Mon, who dominated Lower Burma at that time. Dagon was a small fishing village centred about the Shwedagon Pagoda. In 1755, King Alaungpaya conquered Dagon, renamed it "Yangon", and added settlements around Dagon. The British captured Yangon during the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–26), but returned it to Burmese administration after the war. The city was destroyed by a fire in 1841.
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