Yangon
Yangon, formerly Rangoon, was the capital of Myanmar until it was replaced by Naypyidaw in 2005. Today, with a population of over 5 million people, it remains the largest city and the economic hub of Myanmar.
Photo: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Milei.vencel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
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. Photo: DerFussi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
National Museum
Museum
The National Museum of Myanmar, located in Dagon, Yangon, is the major one of the two national museums for Burmese art, history and culture in Myanmar. Photo: Phyo WP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yangon Zoological Gardens
Zoo
The Yangon Zoo is the oldest and the second largest zoo in Myanmar. Photo: Phyo WP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sule Pagoda
Buddhist temple
The Sule Pagoda is a Burmese stupa located in the heart of downtown Yangon, occupying the centre of the city and an important space in contemporary Burmese politics, ideology and geography. Photo: YashiWong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Localities in the Area
Bahan Township
Suburb
Bahan Township is located in the north central part of Yangon. Photo: Aungphone, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yangon
- Type: City
- Description: former capital of Myanmar (Burma) and the current capital of Yangon Region
- Categories: big city and city with millions of inhabitants
- Location: Southern Myanmar, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
Latitude 16.7967° or 16° 47' 48.2" north | Longitude 96.161° or 96° 9' 39.6" east |
Population 4,480,000 | IATA airport code RGN |
United Nations Location Codes MM RGN and MM YAN | Elevation 98 feet (30 metres) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 26576175 | GeoNames ID 1298824 |
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Dagon
- Afrikaans: Rangoen
- Afrikaans: Rangun
- Afrikaans: Yangoen
- Afrikaans: Yangon
- Albanian: Jangon
- Albanian: Yangon
- Amharic: ራንጉን
- Amharic: ያንጎን
- Arabic: Yangon
- Arabic: رانجون
- Arabic: رانغون
- Arabic: يانجون
- Arabic: يانغون
- Armenian: Յանգոն
- Armenian: Ռանգուն
- Arpitan: Rangoun
- Asturian: Yangon
- Asturian: Yangôn
- Azerbaijani: Yanqon
- Bashkir: Янгон
- Basque: Rangun
- Basque: Yangon
- Belarusian: Рангун
- Belarusian: Янгон
- Bengali: ইয়াংগুন
- Bengali: ইয়াঙ্গুন
- Bengali: রেঙ্গুন
- Bosnian: Rangoon
- Breton: Yangon
- Bulgarian: Рангун
- Bulgarian: Янгон
- Burmese: Yangon
- Burmese: ရန်ကုန်
- Burmese: ရန်ကုန်မြို့
- Catalan: Yangon
- Chechen: Янгон
- Chinese: Yangon
- Chinese: 仰光
- Chinese: 仰光市
- Chinese: 大光
- Chuvash: Янгон
- Croatian: Rangoon
- Croatian: Yangon
- Czech: Rangún
- Czech: Yangon
- Danish: Rangoon
- Danish: Rangun
- Danish: Yangon
- Danish: Yangôn
- Dutch: Rangoon
- Dutch: Yangon
- Dutch: Yangoon
- Eastern Mari: Янгон
- Egyptian Arabic: يانجون
- English: Rangoon
- Esperanto: Jangono
- Esperanto: Rangun
- Esperanto: Ranguno
- Estonian: Rangoon
- Estonian: Ranguun
- Estonian: Yangon
- Extremaduran: Yangon
- Fiji Hindi: Yangon
- Finnish: Rangoon
- Finnish: Yangon
- Finnish: Yangôn
- French: Rangoon
- French: Rangoun
- French: Yangon
- Galician: Rangún
- Galician: Yangon
- Georgian: იანგონი
- German: Rangoon
- German: Rangun
- German: Yangon
- Greek: Γιανγκόν
- Greek: Ρανγκούν
- Gujarati: યાંગૂન
- Haitian: Rangounn
- Haitian: Yangon
- Hakka Chinese: Ngióng-kông
- Hausa: Yangon
- Hebrew: יאנגון
- Hebrew: ינגון
- Hebrew: ראנגון
- Hebrew: רנגון
- Hindi: यंगून
- Hindi: यांगून
- Hindi: यांगोन
- Hindi: यांगौन
- Hindi: येंगून
- Hindi: रंगून
- Hungarian: Rangoon
- Hungarian: Rangun
- Icelandic: Jangún
- Icelandic: Rangoon
- Icelandic: Yangon
- Ido: Rangoon
- Ido: Yangon
- Ido: Yangôn
- Indonesian: Kota Yangon
- Indonesian: Rangoon
- Indonesian: Yangon
- Indonesian: Yangoon
- Interlingue: Yangon
- Irish: Rangún
- Italian: Rangoon
- Italian: Rangun
- Italian: Yangon
- Japanese: ヤンゴン
- Japanese: ラングーン
- Javanese: Yangon
- Kannada: ಯಂಗೊನ್
- Kannada: ಯಾಂಗಾನ್
- Kazakh: Янгон
- Kazakh: Янгон қаласы
- Khmer: យ៉ាំងហ្គូន
- Kirghiz: Рангун
- Korean: 랑군
- Korean: 양곤
- Kurdish: Yangon
- Lao: ຢ່າງກຸ້ງ
- Latin: Rangunum
- Latin: Yangon
- Latvian: Jangona
- Latvian: Rangoon
- Latvian: Ranguna
- Latvian: Rangūna
- Latvian: Yangon
- Lithuanian: Jangonas
- Lithuanian: Okala
- Lithuanian: Rangūnas
- Low German: Rangun
- Low German: Yangon
- Luxembourgish: Rangun
- Macedonian: Јангон
- Malay: Yangon
- Malayalam: Yangon
- Malayalam: യംഗോൺ
- Malayalam: യങ്കോൺ
- Malayalam: യാങ്കോൺ
- Marathi: यांगून
- Marathi: यांगोन
- Marathi: रंगून
- Min Dong Chinese: Yangon
- Min Nan Chinese: Yangon
- Mongolian: Янгон
- Mongolian: Янгон хот
- Nepali: रंगुन
- Nepali: रङ्गुन
- Norwegian: Yangon
- Norwegian Bokmål: Rangoon
- Norwegian Bokmål: Yangon
- Norwegian Bokmål: Yangôn
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Yangon
- Occitan (post 1500): Rangon
- Occitan (post 1500): Yangon
- Oriya: ୟାଂଗୋନ
- Panjabi: ਯਾਂਗੋਨ
- Panjabi: ਰੰਗੂਨ
- Persian: رانگون
- Persian: یانگون
- Polish: Rangun
- Polish: Yangon
- Polish: Yangun
- Portuguese: Rangoon
- Portuguese: Rangum
- Portuguese: Rangun
- Portuguese: Yangon
- Portuguese: Yangôn
- Romanian: Rangoon
- Romanian: Yangon
- Russia Buriat: Янгон
- Russian: Рангун
- Russian: Янгон
- Sanskrit: रङ्गून
- Santali: ᱭᱮᱝᱜᱳᱱ
- Sardinian: Rangoon
- Scots: Yangon
- Serbian: Јангон
- Serbian: Рангун
- Serbo-Croatian: Rangoon
- Serbo-Croatian: Rangun
- Serbo-Croatian: Yangon
- Shan: တႃႈၵုင်ႈ၊ ဝဵင်း
- Sicilian: Rangoon
- Sicilian: Yangon
- Silesian: Rangun
- Sinhala: යැන්ගොන්
- Slovak: Rangún
- Slovenian: Jangon
- Spanish: Division de Yangon
- Spanish: División de Yangon
- Spanish: Rangoon
- Spanish: Rangun
- Spanish: Rangún
- Spanish: Yangon
- Spanish: Yangón
- Spanish: Yangôn
- Swahili: Rangoon
- Swahili: Yangon
- Swedish: Rangoon
- Swedish: Yangon
- Tagalog: Ranggon
- Tagalog: Ranggun
- Tagalog: Rangon
- Tagalog: Rangoon
- Tagalog: Yanggon
- Tagalog: Yanggun
- Tagalog: Yangon
- Tagalog: Yangoon
- Tagalog: Yangun
- Tajik: Янгон
- Tamil: இரங்கூன்
- Tamil: யங்கோன்
- Tamil: யாங்கான்
- Tamil: ரங்கூன்
- Telugu: యాంగోన్
- Thai: Yangon
- Thai: กรุงย่างกุ้ง
- Thai: ย่างกุ้ง
- Thai: ย่่างกุ้ง
- Thai: ร่างกุ้ง
- Tibetan: ཡང་ཀོང་
- Tibetan: ཡང་ཀོང་།
- Tibetan: རན་གུང་
- Turkish: Rangoon
- Turkish: Yangon
- Turkmen: Ýangon
- Udmurt: Янгон
- Uighur: Ran'gon
- Uighur: Rangon
- Uighur: رانگون
- Ukrainian: Рангун
- Ukrainian: Ранґун
- Ukrainian: Янгон
- Ukrainian: Янґон
- Urdu: یانگون
- Uzbek: Yangon
- Veps: Jangon
- Vietnamese: Ngưỡng Quang
- Vietnamese: Rangoon
- Vietnamese: Răng-gun
- Vietnamese: Răng Gun
- Vietnamese: Yangon
- Waray (Philippines): Rangoon
- Waray (Philippines): Yangon
- Welsh: Yangon
- Western Armenian: Եանկոն
- Western Frisian: Rangoon
- Western Frisian: Yangon
- Western Panjabi: رنگون
- Wu Chinese: 仰光
- Yiddish: ראנגון
- Yue Chinese: 仰光
- Zhuang: Yangjgvangh
- ಯಾಂಗೊನ್
Other Places Named Yangon
- RangoonState, Myanmar
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- Royal LakeLake
- Renaissance Inya LakeHeliport
- Shwedagon PagodaPagoda
- Martyrs' MausoleumTomb
- Pazundaung Railroad StationRailroad station
- PazundaungRailway halt
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