Myanmar Holidays & Hotels

Interesting Places in Yangon

 

Yangon (Burmese: ရန္ကုန္, MLCTS rankun mrui, pronounced: [jàɴɡòʊɴ mjo̰]; also known asRangoon, literally: "End of Strife") is a former capital of Burma (Myanmar) and the capital of Yangon Region. Yangon is the country's largest city with a population of over five million, and is the most important commercial centre, although the military governmentofficially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw in March 2006.[3]

 

Although Yangon's infrastructure is undeveloped compared to those of other major cities in Southeast Asia, it has the largest number of colonial buildings in the region today.[4]While many high-rise residential and commercial buildings have been constructed or renovated throughout downtown and Greater Yangon in the past two decades, most satellite towns that ring the city continue to be deeply impoverished.