Kandawgyi Lake
Kandawgyi Lake is one of two major lakes in Yangon, Myanmar. Located east of the Shwedagon Pagoda, the lake is artificial; water from Inya Lake is channeled through a series of pipes to Kandawgyi Lake.Photo: Hintha, Public domain.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake
- Also known as: “Kan Daw Gyi Lake” and “Royal Lakes”
- Historically known as: “Royal Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yangon Zoological Gardens and Shwedagon Paya.
Yangon Zoological Gardens
Zoo
Photo: Phyo WP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Yangon Zoo is the oldest and the second largest zoo in Myanmar. Located immediately north of downtown Yangon near Kandawgyi Lake, the 70-acre recreational park also includes a museum of natural history, an aquarium and an amusement park.
Shwedagon Paya
Buddhist temple
The Shwedagon Pagoda, officially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw, and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar.
Karaweik Palace Restaurant
Restaurant
Karaweik or Karaweik Hall is a structure and landmark on the eastern shore of Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon, Burma.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yangon and Mingala Taungnyunt Township.
Yangon
Photo: Thettin684, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yangon, formerly known in English as Rangoon, is the largest city in Myanmar and was the capital of the country until it was replaced by Naypyidaw in 2005.
Mingala Taungnyunt Township
Suburb
Mingala Taungnyunt Township is a township of Yangon, Myanmar. Located in the east-central part of the city, the township consists of 20 wards, and shares borders with Dagon Township in the west, Bahan township in the north, Botataung Township in the south, Kyauktada Township in the southwest, and the Pazundaung Creek and Dawbon Township in the east.
Tamwe Township
Suburb
Tamwe Township is located in east central Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 20 wards, and shares borders with Yankin Township in the north, Thingangyun Township and Mingala Taungnyunt Township in the east, Bahan Township in the west, and Mingala Taungnyunt township in the south.
Kandawgyi Lake
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Yangon, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Thai—“Kandawgyi Lake” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ကန်တော်ကြီး(ရန်ကုန်)”
- Burmese: “ကန်တော်ကြီ”
- Burmese: “ကန်တော်ကြီး”
- Chinese: “大湖 (仰光)”
- Chinese: “皇家湖”
- French: “lac Kandawgyi”
- French: “Lac Kandawgyi”
- Italian: “lago Kandawgyi”
- Japanese: “カンドーヂー湖”
- Korean: “깐도지호”
- Slovenian: “Jezero Kandawgyi”
- Slovenian: “Kandodži”
- Spanish: “Lago Kandawgyi”
- Thai: “ทะเลสาบกานดอจี้”
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Localities in the Area
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