Yangon

E42684

city

Yangon is Myanmar’s largest city and former capital, known as a major commercial hub featuring a mix of colonial architecture and prominent Buddhist landmarks like the Shwedagon Pagoda.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city →
capitalStatusEnd	2006 →
capitalStatusStart	1948 →
climate	tropical monsoon climate →
country	Myanmar →
demographicsFeature	ethnically diverse population →
economicSector	manufacturing → services → trade →
formerCapitalOf	Myanmar →
hasAirport	Yangon International Airport →
hasArchitecturalStyle	Buddhist architecture → colonial architecture →
hasLandmark	Botahtaung Pagoda → Chaukhtatgyi Buddha Temple → Inya Lake → Kandawgyi Lake → National Museum of Myanmar → Shwedagon Pagoda → Sule Pagoda → Yangon Central Railway Station → Yangon City Hall →
hasPort	Port of Yangon →
hasRailConnection	Yangon Circular Railway →
hasRole	commercial hub → cultural center →
hasUniversity	University of Medicine 1, Yangon → University of Medicine 2, Yangon → University of Yangon → Yangon University of Economics →
koppenClimateClassification	Am →
largestCityOf	Myanmar →
locatedInContinent	Asia →
locatedInRegion	Yangon Region →
locatedInSubregion	Southeast Asia →
majorReligion	Buddhism → Christianity → Islam →
nearWaterBody	Yangon River →
officialLanguage	Burmese →
religiousBuildingType	Buddhist monastery → pagoda →
replacedAsCapitalBy	Naypyidaw →
timezone	Myanmar Standard Time →
traversedByRiver	Bago River → Hlaing River →
utcOffset	+06:30 →
wasCapitalOf	Myanmar →

Referenced by (38)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dargah of Bahadur Shah Zafar → Dargah of Bahadur Shah Zafar ("Downtown Yangon") → Rangoon Arts and Science University → Rangoon Arts and Science University ("Rangoon") → University of Medicine 2, Yangon →	locatedIn
Bahadur Shah II ("Rangoon") → U Thant ("Rangoon") → Zafar ("Rangoon") →	burialPlace
Azad Hind Government ("Rangoon") → Burma (until 1937) ("Rangoon") → State Peace and Development Council →	capital
2021 Myanmar anti-coup protests → Operation Dracula ("Rangoon") → Second Anglo-Burmese War ("Rangoon") →	location
Aung San Suu Kyi ("Rangoon") → Peter Townsend ("Rangoon") →	birthPlace
Rangoon Arts and Science University → University of Medicine 2, Yangon →	city
U Nu → Zafar ("Rangoon") →	placeOfDeath
Bahadur Shah II ("Rangoon") → Zafar ("Rangoon") →	placeOfExile
American Volunteer Group ("Rangoon, Burma") →	baseOfOperations
State Law and Order Restoration Council →	capitalAdministered
Bamar →	capitalCityRegion
Bengal Presidency ("Rangoon (during certain periods)") →	contains
Bahadur Shah II ("Rangoon") →	deathPlace
Myanmar →	formerCapital
Southeast Asia →	hasMajorCity
State Law and Order Restoration Council →	headquartersLocation
Myanmar →	largestCity
State Peace and Development Council →	locationOfHeadquarters
Saffron Revolution →	mainLocation
Burma (until 1937) ("Rangoon") →	mainPortCity
Irrawaddy River →	majorCityNearDelta
Min Ko Naing →	placeOfBirth
Naypyidaw →	predecessorCapital
Aung San Suu Kyi →	residence