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.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Yangon canonical	85
Rangoon	44
Downtown Yangon	3
Rangoon, Burma	3
Yangon metropolitan area	2
Yangon urban area	2
Greater Yangon metropolitan area	1
Rangoon (during certain periods)	1
Western Yangon	1
Yangon City	1
Yangon colonial-era urban core	1
Yangon industrial zones	1
Yangon, Myanmar	1
central Yangon	1
downtown Yangon	1

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 ⓘ surface form: University of Medicine 2, Yangon Rangoon Arts and Science University ⓘ surface form: 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 (148)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Min Ko Naing → placeOfBirth → Yangon ⓘ

Southeast Asia → hasMajorCity → Yangon ⓘ

Burma (until 1937) → capital → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Burma (until 1937) → mainPortCity → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Bahadur Shah II → deathPlace → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Bahadur Shah II → placeOfExile → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Bahadur Shah II → burialPlace → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Myanmar → largestCity → Yangon ⓘ

Myanmar → formerCapital → Yangon ⓘ

Bengal Presidency → contains → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon (during certain periods)

University of Medicine 2 Yangon → city → Yangon ⓘ

subject surface form: University of Medicine 2, Yangon

University of Medicine 2 Yangon → locatedIn → Yangon ⓘ

subject surface form: University of Medicine 2, Yangon

Aung San Suu Kyi → birthPlace → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Aung San Suu Kyi → residence → Yangon ⓘ

Bamar → capitalCityRegion → Yangon ⓘ

Rangoon Arts and Science University → locatedIn → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Rangoon Arts and Science University → city → Yangon ⓘ

State Law and Order Restoration Council → capitalAdministered → Yangon ⓘ

State Law and Order Restoration Council → headquartersLocation → Yangon ⓘ

State Peace and Development Council → capital → Yangon ⓘ

State Peace and Development Council → locationOfHeadquarters → Yangon ⓘ

Saffron Revolution → mainLocation → Yangon ⓘ

2021 Myanmar anti-coup protests → location → Yangon ⓘ

Irrawaddy River → majorCityNearDelta → Yangon ⓘ

Group Captain Peter Townsend → birthPlace → Yangon ⓘ

subject surface form: Peter Townsend

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Operation Dracula → location → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Dargah of Bahadur Shah Zafar → locatedIn → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Downtown Yangon

Zafar → placeOfDeath → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Zafar → burialPlace → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Zafar → placeOfExile → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Second Anglo-Burmese War → location → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

U Nu → placeOfDeath → Yangon ⓘ

Naypyidaw → predecessorCapital → Yangon ⓘ

Azad Hind Government → capital → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

U Thant → burialPlace → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

AVG → baseOfOperations → Yangon ⓘ

subject surface form: American Volunteer Group

this entity surface form: Rangoon, Burma

INA → headquartersLocation → Yangon ⓘ

subject surface form: Indian National Army

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Myanmar Air Force → headquartersLocation → Yangon ⓘ

Imperial Bank of India → hadBranchIn → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Japanese occupation of Burma → capitalDuringOccupation → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Yangon Region → capital → Yangon ⓘ

Yangon Region → largestCity → Yangon ⓘ

Yangon Region → contains → Yangon ⓘ

Burmese people → historicalCapital → Yangon ⓘ

Burma Army (British Burma) → garrisonedIn → Yangon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rangoon

Maung Maung → placeOfDeath → Yangon ⓘ

UM2 Yangon → locatedIn → Yangon ⓘ

UM2 Yangon → regionServed → Yangon ⓘ