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All mobile operators numbers are with 09 (9 without the 0 which is not used when calling from another country). All of them have the same format except MPT. Telenor, Ooredoo, and Mytel numbers have 11 digits (10 digits without the 0) with the prefix. Telenor start with 097. Ooredoo start with 098 or 099. Mytel start with 096. MecTel start with 093.
The city hall occupies the former site of the Ripon Hall. [ 2 ] The city hall has been the focal point of several major political demonstrations, including a 1964 People's Peace Committee rally supported by Thakin Kodaw Hmaing , which attracted 200,000 people and was subsequently clamped down by Ne Win 's military junta .
The city is divided into 10 districts [1]. Yangon Region was divided into 4 districts, which overlap with the city's jurisdiction [ 2 ] , this changed in 2022, now the region has 14 districts. The current mayor of Yangon is U Bo Htay , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] an economist and a retired professor at the Yangon Institute of Economics.
In October 2019, YCDC courted controversy from the Yangon Region Hluttaw over the purchase of 80 vehicles at a cost of US$1.37 million for city officials. [19] YCDC sits on the board of directors of the New Yangon City Development Company, which is the developer of a controversial development project, the Yangon New City Project. [20]
Yangon, [a] formerly romanized as Rangoon, [4] [5] is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government relocated the administrative functions to the purpose-built capital city of Naypyidaw in north central Myanmar. [ 6 ]
The east-west grid of downtown Yangon was laid out by British military engineers Alexander Fraser and Montgomerie after the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1852. [1] The city was later developed by the Public Works Department and Bengal Corps of Engineers. The majority of sites on the Yangon City Heritage List are located in Yangon's CBD.
Mayangon Township (Burmese: မရမ်းကုန်း မြို့နယ် [məjáɰ̃ɡóʊɰ̃ mjo̰nɛ̀]; is located in the northern part of Yangon.The township comprises ten wards, and shares borders with Insein Township and Mingaladon Township in the north, North Dagon Township, North Okkalapa Township, South Okkalapa Township and Yankin Township in the east, the Hlaing river ...
1 - part of South Yangon City. 2 - part of North Yangon City. North Myanmar. Kachin State. Name List Bhamo District: Bhamo Township; Mansi Township; Momauk Township;