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Yangon

Yangon Region is an administrative region of . Located in central Myanmar, the region is bordered by to the north and east, the to the south, and to the west.
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  • Type: State with 7,360,000 residents
  • Description: Administrative region of Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Rangoon”, “Rangoon Division”, “Rangoon Region”, “Yangon Division”, and “Yangon Region”

Yangon

Latitude
16.6476° or 16° 38′ 51″ north
Longitude
96.1129° or 96° 6′ 47″ east
Population
7,360,000
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Open location code
7M8RJ4X7+25
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4353300190
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1298822
Wiki­data ID
Q856781
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Yangon” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Divisi Yangon”
  • Arabic: “منطقة يانغون”
  • Armenian: “Յանգոն”
  • Assamese: “ইয়াংগুন অঞ্চল”
  • Balinese: “Region Yangon”
  • Basque: “Yangon”
  • Belarusian: “Янгон”
  • Bengali: “ইয়াঙ্গুন অঞ্চল”
  • Burmese: “ရန်ကုန်တိုင်း”
  • Burmese: “ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီး”
  • Catalan: “Divisió de Rangoon”
  • Catalan: “Divisió de Yangon”
  • Cebuano: “Yangon Region”
  • Chinese: “Yangon Tē-khu”
  • Chinese: “仰光省”
  • Czech: “Rangúnská oblast”
  • Danish: “Yangon Region”
  • Dutch: “Rangoon”
  • Dutch: “Yangon”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Jangono”
  • Estonian: “Yangoni piirkond”
  • Finnish: “Yangon”
  • French: “Division de Rangoun”
  • French: “Rangoun”
  • French: “Région de Rangoun”
  • French: “Région de Yangon”
  • Georgian: “იანგონის რეგიონი”
  • German: “MM-06”
  • German: “Yangon Region”
  • German: “Yangon-Division”
  • German: “Yangon-Region”
  • Greek: “Γιάνγκον”
  • Gujarati: “યાંગોન પ્રદેશ”
  • Hebrew: “אזור יאנגון”
  • Hebrew: “אזור ראנגון”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז יאנגון”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז ראנגון”
  • Hindi: “यांगोन मण्डल”
  • Ido: “Regiono Yangon”
  • Indonesian: “Divisi Yangon”
  • Indonesian: “Region Yangon”
  • Indonesian: “Wilayah Yangon”
  • Italian: “Divisione di Rangoon”
  • Italian: “Divisione di Yangon”
  • Italian: “regione di Yangon”
  • Italian: “Regione di Yangon”
  • Japanese: “ヤンゴン”
  • Japanese: “ヤンゴン地方域”
  • Japanese: “ヤンゴン管区”
  • Kannada: “ಯಾಂಗೊನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Khmer: “តំបន់យ៉ាំងហ្គូន”
  • Kinaray-A: “Rehyon kang Yanggon”
  • Korean: “양곤 구”
  • Korean: “양곤도”
  • Latvian: “Jangonas reģions”
  • Lithuanian: “Jangono provincija”
  • Lithuanian: “Jangono regionas”
  • Lithuanian: “Rangūno provincija”
  • Macedonian: “Јангон”
  • Malay: “Yangon Region”
  • Marathi: “यांगॉन रिजन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yangon Tē-khu”
  • Nepali: “याङ्गुन क्षेत्र”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yangon”
  • Norwegian: “Yangon”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ရန်ႏတကွုန်ႏတွိုင်ꩻဒေႏသတန်”
  • Panjabi: “ਯਾਂਗੋਨ ਖੇਤਰ”
  • Persian: “ناحیه یانگون”
  • Polish: “Rangun”
  • Portuguese: “Rangum”
  • Portuguese: “Yangon”
  • Russian: “Рангун”
  • Russian: “Янгон (округ)”
  • Russian: “Янгон”
  • Santali: “ᱭᱮᱝᱜᱳᱱ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ”
  • Shan: “ၸႄႈတိူင်းတႃႈၵုင်ႈ”
  • Shan: “တႃႈၵုင်ႈ၊ ၸႄႈတိူင်း”
  • Sinhala: “යැන්ගොන් කලාපය”
  • Slovak: “Rangún”
  • Spanish: “Región de Rangún”
  • Spanish: “Region de Yangon”
  • Spanish: “Región de Yangon”
  • Swedish: “Yangonregionen”
  • Tagalog: “Rehiyon ng Yangon”
  • Tamil: “யங்கொண் பகுதி”
  • Tamil: “யங்கோன் பிரதேசம்”
  • Telugu: “యాంగోన్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เขตย่างกุ้ง”
  • Thai: “ภาคย่างกุ้ง”
  • Turkish: “Yangon Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Янгон”
  • Urdu: “یانگون رگوں”
  • Urdu: “یانگون علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Yangon”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Yangon”
  • Western Armenian: “Եանկոն”
  • Wu Chinese: “仰光省”
  • Yue Chinese: “仰光省”

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