Yangon, Myanmar
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Yangon ရန်ကုန် Rangoon |
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Clockwise from top: Shwedagon Pagoda, aerial view of central Yangon, colonial-era buildings along Strand Road, the Karaweik at Kandawgyi Lake, Sule Pagoda, Yangon High Court
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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
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| Region | Yangon Region | ||
| Settled | c. 1028–1043 CE | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Maung Maung Soe | ||
| Area | |||
| • Urban | 598.75 km2 (231.18 sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 10,170 km2 (3,930 sq mi) | ||
| 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 91% Islam 4.7% Christianity 3.2% Hinduism 1.0% Others 0.1% |
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| Demonym(s) | Yangonite | ||
| Time zone | MST (UTC+6:30) | ||
| Area code(s) | 01 | ||
| Vehicle registration | YGN | ||
| Website | ycdc |
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Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်, MLCTS rankun mrui, pronounced [jàɴɡòʊɴ mjo̰]; formerly known as Rangoon, literally: "End of Strife") is the capital of the Yangon Region of Myanmar, also known as Burma. Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government relocated the capital to the purpose-built city of Naypyidaw in central Myanmar. With over 7 million people, Yangon is Myanmar's largest 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.
Yangon suffers from deeply inadequate infrastructure, especially compared to other major cities in Southeast Asia. Though many historic residential and commercial buildings have been renovated throughout central Yangon, most satellite towns that ring the city continue to be profoundly impoverished and lack basic infrastructure.
The name "Yangon" (ရန်ကုန်) is derived from the combination of the Burmese words yan (ရန်) and koun (ကုန်), which mean "enemies" and "run out of", respectively. This word combination is commonly translated as "End of Strife".
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