Chinatown

The Chinatown of or so-called Tayoke Tan lies west of the which is located in the centre of Downtown Yangon. 19th Street, Yangon is the main centre of the city's Chinatown.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood of Yangon, Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Tayoke Tan” and “Yangon Chinatown”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Guanyin Gumiao Temple and Kheng Hock Keong.

Place of worship
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is one of two major Chinese temples located within in 's Chinatown, along with . Located on Maha Bandula Road, the temple is dedicated to Guanyin, a Buddhist bodhisattva who corresponds to the Burmese Buddhist bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara.

Place of worship
Photo: Sky89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kheng Hock Temple, also known as the , is the largest and oldest temple to the Chinese sea-goddess Mazu in , Burma. It is located on the corner of Sintodan Street and Strand Road in .

Synagogue
Photo: esme, CC BY 2.0.
The is a synagogue, located in downtown , . Completed in 1896 to replace an earlier wooden synagogue that was erected in 1854, the current stone synagogue is the only synagogue in Myanmar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seikkan Township and Pabedan Township.

Suburb
was a township located in the western part of , . One of the smallest townships, Seikkan consisted of just three wards. It had a primary school and a hospital.

Suburb
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is located in the center of downtown , . The township is home to Bogyoke Aung San Market and Theingyi Market, two of the largest markets in all of Yangon.

Suburb
is located in the western part of downtown , and shares borders with Ahlone Township in the west, in the east, and Yangon River in the south, and in the north.

Chinatown

Latitude
16.77498° or 16° 46′ 30″ north
Longitude
96.14884° or 96° 8′ 56″ east
Open location code
7M8RQ4FX+XG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4743058358
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Wiki­data ID
Q16258866
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Esperanto—“Chinatown” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “တရုတ်တန်း”
  • Burmese: “ရန်ကုန် တရုတ်တန်း”
  • Chinese: “仰光唐人街”
  • Chinese: “唐人街”
  • Esperanto: “Ranguna Ĉina Kvartalo”

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