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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. Each township is administered ...
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.
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 Yangon City Heritage List is a list of man-made landmarks in Yangon, Myanmar, so designated by the city government, Yangon City Development Committee. [1] The list consists of 188 structures (as of 2001), and is largely made up of mostly religious structures and British colonial-era buildings.
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]
English: Yangon City Hall. The seat of the city's government, Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC). A fine example of syncretic Burmese architecture, featuring traditional tiered roofs. Yangon, Rangoon, Myanmar, Burma.
The park is bounded by Maha Bandula Garden Street in the east, Sule Pagoda Road in the west, Konthe Road in the south and Maha Bandula Road in the north, and is surrounded by some of the important buildings in the area such as the Sule Pagoda, the Yangon City Hall and the High Court. [1]
Sanchaung Township (Burmese: စမ်းချောင်းမြို့နယ် [sáɰ̃dʑáʊɰ̃ mjo̰nɛ̀]) is in the north central part of Yangon.The township comprises 18 wards, and shares borders with Kamayut Township in the north, Kamayut township and Bahan Township in the east, Kyimyindaing Township in the west, and Dagon Township and Ahlon Township in the south.