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Kyauktan

Kyaik Hmaw Wun Pagoda (or also known as Kyauktan Yele Pagoda)

info Yele Pagoda at Kyauktan means the Pagoda in mid-stream on a laterite reef. The Pagoda is also known as Kyaik Mhaw Won Pagoda (ကျိုက်မှော်ဝန်းရေလယ်စေတီတော်). The pagoda was built by King Zeyasana, the seventh king of the Pada Dynasty in the third century BC. The height of the original pagoda was only 11ft.

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National Health Museum

info The National Health Museum is quite a small museum, educating children and the general public for health knowledge.

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Yangon's Heritage Buildings

Yangon's cityscape is utterly unique. Much of its colonial-era architecture remains standing and the city boasts one of Asia's most impressive collections of late nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century buildings, both religious and secular.

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Bogyoke Aung San Market (Scott Market)

info Bogyoke Aung San Market (ဗိုလ်ချုပ်အောင်ဆန်းဈေး) is situated in the heart of Yangon, on Bogyoke Aung San Road.

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Ah Lain Nga Sint Temple & Maha Say Wingaba

info Ah Lain Nga Sint Temple or Maha Say Wingaba was Venerable Sayadaw’s (Monk) monastery where occultism was practised during his life time.

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Getting around in Yangon

Public Transport in Yangon

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Yangon Chinatown

The Chinatown (တရုတ်တန်း) of Yangon lies at the west of the Sule Pagoda which is located in the centre of downtown Yangon.

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Sule Pagoda

info The Sule Pagoda (ဆူးလေဘုရား) is a well-known landmark, located at the heart of Yangon, in downtown.

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Bogyoke Aung San Museum

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info Bogyoke Aung San (ဗိုလ်ချုပ်အောင်ဆန်း) meaning General Aung San, was the hero who fought for the Independence of Myanmar.

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A man molding pot in a matter of seconds before the pots are taken to the kilns for baking.

 

info  Twante (တွံတေး) is situated 24km from Yangon and a boat trip along the Twante Canal takes about two hours. It is also accessible by car. It is noted for its pottery and cotton-weaving industries. Visitors can get a chance to see the rural life along the famous canal of Twante.

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Zoological Garden

info Yangon Zoological Gardens (ရန်ကုန်တိရိစ္ဆာန်ဥယျာဉ်), a recreation center, is located in the heart of Yangon.

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Thanlyin

info Thanlyin (သန်လျင်မြို့) was formerly known as Syriam. Myanmar usually pronounce as "Tanyin". It is a city in Yangon Division in Myanmar. It is located on the bank of Yangon River, and is a major port.

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Allied War Memorial

info The Allied War Memorial Cemetery (also known as Taukkyan War Cemetry or Htauk Kyant War Memorial Cemetry (ထောက်ကြံ့ စစ်သင်္ချိုင်း) ) is located at Htauk Kyant, Mingaladon Township, 32km from Yangon, on the way to Bago. It was built in 1951 and it is a memorial cemetery of the Allied soldiers who died in the Myanmar Campaign during World War II.

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Swe Taw Myat Pagoda

info The Sacred Replica Tooth Relic was enshrined in the Swe Taw Myat Pagoda (စွယ်တော်မြတ်စေတီတော်) on Dhammapala Hillock in Mayangone Township, Yangon.

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People's Park and Square

Water Fountain Garden in People's Park and Square

info People’s Park (ပြည်သူ့ရင်ပြင်) is located near the western stairways of Shwedagon Pagoda.

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St. Mary’s Cathedral

info St. Mary’s Cathedral (စိန့်မယ်ရီဘုရားကျောင်း) is situated on a 15 acres of land on Bo Aung Kyaw Street in Botahtaung Township, Yangon.

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National Races Village

info National Races Village (ပြည်ထောင်စုတိုင်းရင်းသားကျေးရွာ) was constructed by Ministry of Border Affairs, situated in Tharketa Township, on the left side of Yangon-Thanlyin Bridge.

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Immanuel Baptist Church

info Immanuel Baptist Church (ဧမာနွေလ ဘုရားကျောင်း) is located in the center of Yagon just next to the Maha bandoola Garden near city hall.

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Koe Htat Gyi Pagoda

info Koe Htat Gyi Pagoda (ကိုးထပ်ကြီးဘုရား) meaning the Nine Storey Buddha Image, is situated on the Bargayar Road, Sanchaung Township, Yangon.

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Kyaikkasan Pagoda

info Kyaikkasan Pagoda (ကျို​က္က​စံ ဆံ​တော်​ရှင်စေတီ​တော်) is located in Thingangyun Township, Yangon.

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Ngar Htat Gyi Buddha Image

info Ngar Htat Gyi Pagoda (ငါးထပ်ကြီးဘုရားကြီး), also known as the "five-storey Buddha" is located across the Chauk Htat Gyi Buddha Image.