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Yangon, [a] formerly romanized as Rangoon, [4] [5] is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the military government relocated the administrative functions to the purpose-built capital city of Naypyidaw in north central Myanmar. [ 6 ]
The capitals of states and regions in Myanmar are bolded. In Myanmar, the definition of a city is ambiguous with the Burmese term မြို့ ('myo') being translated as any urban area. The General Administration Department only explicitly defines the three cities of Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw. [2] An enlargeable map of Myanmar.
Myanmar, [d] officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar [e] and also rendered as Burma (the official English form until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million.
SME-Development Bank; Asia Green Development Bank; Ayeyarwady Bank; Ayeyarwaddy Farmers Development Bank (A Bank) [4] Co-operative Bank (CB Bank) [5] Myanmar Citizens Bank [6] Glory Farmer Development Bank (G Bank) Kanbawza Bank; Myanma Apex Bank; MD Bank; Myanmar Metro Bank; Myanmar Oriental Bank; Myanma Tourism Bank [7] Shwe Rural and Urban ...
The Singaporean embassy in Myanmar is located in Bahan Township, Yangon. The current ambassador of Singapore in Myanmar is Vanessa Chan serving since 2017. Before the embassy building was established in 1993, the Singaporean delegation worked out of Inya Lake Hotel. [30] The current ambassador of Myanmar in Singapore is Tin Oo Lwin. [31]
The UN has expressed concerns about the ongoing "heavy fighting" between the military and armed resistance groups in Myanmar‘s northern region which displaced more than 30,000 people.. The ...
Administrative divisions of Myanmar; A clickable map of Burma/Myanmar exhibiting its first-level administrative divisions. Category: Unitary state: Location: Republic of the Union of Myanmar: Number: 7 regions 7 states 1 union territory 1 self-administered division 5 self-administered zones (as of 2024) Populations: 286,627 (Kayah State ...
It is unusual among Myanmar's cities in that it is an entirely planned city outside of any state or region. The city, previously known only as Pyinmana District, officially replaced Yangon as the administrative capital of Myanmar on 6 November 2005; its official name was revealed to the public on Armed Forces Day, 27 March 2006. [5]