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Yangon, formerly Rangoon, was the capital of Myanmar until it was replaced by Naypyidaw in Nov. 2005. Today, with a population of over 5 million people, it remains the largest city and the economic hub of Myanmar.

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Yangon

Location: Irrawaddy, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
Population: 5,430,000
IATA airport code: RGN
United Nations Location Codes: MM RGN and MM YAN
Latitude: 16° 48' 19" (16.8053°) north
Longitude: 96° 9' 22" (96.1561°) east
Elevation: 30 meters (98 feet)
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Other Names for Yangon

Amharic: ያንጎን, Arabic: يانغون, Armenian: Յանգոն, Arpitan: Rangoun, Asturian: Yangôn, Azerbaijani: Yanqon, Belarusian: Горад Янгон, Bengali: ইয়াংগুন, Bosnian: Rangoon, Bulgarian: Янгон, Burmese: ရန်ကုန်မြို့, Central Khmer: យ៉ាំងហ្គូន, Chechen: Янгон, Chinese: 仰光, Chuvash: Янгон, Czech: Rangún, Danish: Rangoon, Dutch: Rangoon, Eastern Mari: Янгон, English: Rangoon, Esperanto: Jangono, Finnish: Yangôn, French: Rangoun, Georgian: იანგონი, German: Rangun, German: Yangon

Greek: Γιανγκόν, Hakka Chinese: Ngióng-kông, Hebrew: יאנגון, Hindi: यांगून, Hungarian: Rangun, Icelandic: Jangún, Ido: Rangoon, Italian: Rangoon, Italian: Yangon, Japanese: ヤンゴン, Kazakh: Янгон, Kirghiz: Рангун, Korean: 양곤, Latvian: Jangona, Lithuanian: Rangūnas, Luxembourgish: Rangun, Macedonian: Јангон, Malayalam: യംഗോൺ, Marathi: यांगून, Mongolian: Янгон хот, Nepali (macrolanguage): रङ्गुन, Occitan (post 1500): Rangon, Panjabi: ਰੰਗੂਨ, Persian: یانگون, Polish: Rangun, Portuguese: Rangum

Portuguese: Yangon, Russian: Рангун, Russian: Янгон, Sanskrit: रङ्गून, Sardinian: Rangoon, Serbian: Рангун, Sicilian: Rangoon, Slovak: Rangún, Slovenian: Jangon, Spanish: Rangún, Swedish: Rangoon, Tamil: யங்கோன், Telugu: యాంగోన్, Thai: ย่างกุ้ง, Tibetan: ཡང་ཀོང་།, Turkmen: Ýangon, Udmurt: Янгон, Uighur: Rangon, Ukrainian: Янгон, Urdu: یانگون, Veps: Jangon, Western Panjabi: رنگون, Yue Chinese: 仰光, Zhuang: Yangjgvangh, Dagon

In the Area

Localities

Wingaba Shwegundaing Kokine 1½ km northwest Myenigon 2 km west

Landmarks

Shwedagon Pagoda Pagoda Kandawgyi Lake Lake, 1½ km southeast Yangon University of Foreign Languages University, 2½ km northwest Mahlwagon Railroad Station Railroad station, 2½ km east

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