Yangon City Hall

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Yangon City Hall is a prominent colonial-era administrative building and architectural landmark located in the heart of downtown Yangon, Myanmar.

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Yangon City Hall canonical 2
Yangon downtown waterfront 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural landmark
city hall
government building
architect U Tin
architecturalStyle Myanmar architecture
colonial architecture
constructionStartDate 1926
coordinateLocation 16.774°N 96.159°E
country Myanmar
culturalSignificance iconic feature of Yangon skyline
symbol of Yangon municipal authority
faces Maha Bandula Park
floorCount 3
hasArchitecturalElement Burmese traditional motifs
central tower
ornate stucco work
hasFacadeColor white
hasMainEntranceOn Mahabandoola Road
hasRoofType tiered pyatthat roof
hasViewOf Maha Bandula Park
Sule Pagoda
heritageConservationStatus protected from demolition
heritageDesignation listed heritage building of Yangon
inception 1936
locatedIn Yangon
surface form: Downtown Yangon

Yangon
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Yangon Region
locatedInFormerTerritory Burma (until 1937)
surface form: British Burma
locatedInTimeZone Myanmar Standard Time
locatedOn Mahabandoola Road
materialUsed reinforced concrete
nearbyFeature High Court of Yangon
Independence Monument
Sule Pagoda
notableFor fusion of Burmese and colonial architectural styles
role in modern political history of Myanmar
operator Yangon City Development Committee
ownedBy Yangon City Development Committee
partOf Yangon
surface form: Yangon colonial-era urban core
publicAccess restricted
significantEvent gathering point during 1988 pro-democracy uprising
gathering point during 2007 Saffron Revolution
site of political demonstrations
touristAttraction yes
use city council chambers
mayor’s office
municipal administration

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Yangon hasLandmark Yangon City Hall
Yangon River adjacentTo Yangon City Hall
this entity surface form: Yangon downtown waterfront
Sule Pagoda near Yangon City Hall