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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.
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 ]
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 ...
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 ...
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]
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.
Yangon Region is the most developed region in the country. According to the government's official statistics for FY 2010–2011, the size of the economy of Yangon Region was 8.93 trillion kyat, or 23% of the national GDP. [17] Greater Yangon is Lower Myanmar's main trading hub for all kinds of merchandise – from basic food stuffs to used cars.
Businesses line the street of Yangon's Chinatown. The Chinatown of Yangon or so called Tayoke Tan (Burmese: ရန်ကုန် တရုတ်တန်း; Chinese: 仰光唐人街) lies west of the Sule Pagoda which is located in the centre of Downtown Yangon. 19th Street, Yangon is the main centre of the city's Chinatown.