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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 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]
Yangon (Rangoon) 20 December 1852 – 31 January 1862 9 years, 42 days [note 16] Yangon: 31 January 1862 – 7 March 1942 80 years, 35 days [note 17] Yangon: 3 May 1945 – 4 January 1948 2 years, 246 days Japanese Burma: Yangon: 7 March 1942 – 3 May 1945 3 years, 57 days Myanmar: Yangon: 4 January 1948 – 6 November 2005 57 years, 306 days
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]
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.
The country's capital city is Naypyidaw, and its largest city is Yangon (formerly Rangoon). [19] Early civilisations in the area included the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu city-states in Upper Myanmar and the Mon kingdoms in Lower Myanmar. [20]
1841 - King Tharrawaddy in residence; city wall built. [9] 1850 - Fire. [11] 1852 April: Second Anglo-Burmese War begins; British in power. [1] City becomes capital of British Burma. [1] 1853 - Port of Rangoon established. [12] 1854 - Rangoon Chronicle begins publication. 1855 A Mon noble named Maung Khaing becomes the first Magistrate of ...
Armed resistance groups fighting Myanmar 's military government seized a district capital in the north Monday after taking state offices and a police station in a four-day offensive, according to ...
Yangon was the capital of British Burma and Hanthawaddy Province, which covered today's Yangon and Bago divisions. The British brought in many Indians to serve as workers and civil servants. By the 1930s, the Indians made up half of Yangon city, and only one-third was Burmese .