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Shwedagon Pagoda
A gilded 99-meter stupa in Yangon, the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar.
7 km · about 15 min drive
Yangon, Myanmar · Asia
Yangon is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Hledan, 7km from Shwedagon Pagoda.
Yangon is a major city located in Yangon, Myanmar. With a population of 4,477,638, it is one of the largest urban centers in Asia.
On a road trip, Yangon sits in Myanmar. It's in the Asia/Yangon time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Yangon to your route.
Yangon, sometimes romanised in English as Rangoon, is the capital city of the Yangon Region and the most populous city of Myanmar. Yangon was the capital city of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the military government relocated the administrative functions to the purpose-built capital city ofRead more
Naypyidaw in north central Myanmar. With over five million people, Yangon is Myanmar's most populous city and its most important commercial centre.
Yangon boasts the largest number of colonial-era buildings in Southeast Asia, and has a unique colonial-era urban core that is remarkably intact. The colonial-era commercial core is centred around the Sule Pagoda, which is reputed to be over 2,000 years old. The city is also home to the gilded Shwedagon Pagoda – Myanmar's most sacred and famous Buddhist pagoda.
Yangon suffers from profoundly inadequate infrastructure, especially compared to other major cities in Southeast Asia, such as Jakarta, Bangkok or Hanoi. Especially rail transport is lacking. Though many historic residential and commercial buildings have been renovated throughout central Yangon, most satellite towns that ring the city continue to be profoundly impoverished and lack basic infrastructure.
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Yangon is located in Yangon, Myanmar, Asia. The coordinates are 16.8053 latitude, 96.1561 longitude.
Yangon has a population of approximately 4,477,638 people, making it a major city in Myanmar.
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A gilded 99-meter stupa in Yangon, the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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