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info Kyauktawgyi Pagoda (ကျောက်တော်ကြီးဘုရား) houses one of the biggest marble Buddha Images in Myanmar with a height of 37ft (11m), a width of 24ft (7m) and a weight of over 600 tonnes.
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info In the capital city of Yangon, you will can see the magnificent fabulous Shwedagon Pagoda (ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရား) from almost anywhere.
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info The Maha Wizaya Pagoda (မဟာဝိဇယစေတီ) was built on the Dhammarakkhita (Guardian of the Law) Hill which faces the famous Shwedagon Pagoda, in 1980 to commemorate the first successful convening of all sects of the Buddhist monastic order, under one supervisory body.
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Television Stations
The headquarters of the main TV Stations are located in Yangon. There are two local TV channels: TV Myanmar and Myawaddy with programs running from 7 am to 4 am; and from 4 pm to 11 pm. Most hotels also have satellite TV. Myawaddy was started on the 27th March, 1995. The average broadcasting hours is about 8 hours per day when it started. But now there's MWD, MNTV, MITV, MRTV, MRTV4, Channel 7, Channel 9 and more.
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Yangon International Airport (ရန်ကုန်အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာလေဆိပ်) is the primary and busiest international airport of Myanmar.
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The main tourist destination in Yangon is the Bogyoke Market, where most of the Myanmmar made souvenirs are available.
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info One of Myanmar’s more revered reclining Buddhas. It is housed in a large metal-roofed shed and is located at a short distance, north east of the Shwedagon Pagoda.
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There are a variety of food availabel in Yangon, since Yangon is populated with many different races of people such as Myanmars, Chinese, Indians and other ethnic groups.
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info Unlike other pagodas found all over the country, the Kabar Aye Pagoda (ကမ္ဘာအေးစေတီ) (also known as Thiri Mingalar Kabar Aye Zedidaw (သီရိမင်္ဂလာကမ္ဘာအေးစေတီတော်)) was built in 1952 by U Nu in preparation for the Sixth Buddhist Council that he held from 1954-1956.
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History of Yangon The history of Yangon is intertwined with the history of the Shwedagon Pagoda.
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info The Botahtaung Pagoda (ဗိုလ်တထောင်ဘုရား) is located on the Botahtaung Paya Road.
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Accommodation in Myanmar is easy and comfortable. There are luxury 5 star hotels to cheap motels.
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info The floating Karaweik (ကရဝိက်) Restaurant on Kandawgyi Lake (ကန်တော်ကြီးကန်) is one of the landmarks of Yangon.
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Telephone Area Code : 01
Fire Brigade
Emergency - 191
Central Fire Station - 252011, 252022
Ambulance
Yangon General Hospital - 192
Red Cross - 295133, 383684
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info Kandawgyi Garden or Kandawgyi Nature Park (ကန်တော်ကြီး) is a popular recreation centre of the capital of Yangon.
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info Inya Lake (အင်းယားကန်) is the largest lake in Yangon, Myanmar.
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info The Myanma Gems Museum and Gems Mart (မြန်မာ့ ကျောက်မျက်ရတနာ ပြခန်းနှင့် အရောင်းခန်းမ) is a four-storey building is situated at No.66, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Mayangon Township and very close to the Kaba Aye Pagoda.
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Yangon (formerly Rangoon) is a must-go destination of Asia today. Yangon. the commercial capital. is the main gateway to Myanmar. Evergreen and cool with lush tropical trees. shady parks and beautiful lakes. Yangon has earned the name of "The Garden City of the East". Yangon was founded by King Alaungpaya on the site of a small settlement called Dagon when he conquered Lower Myanmar in AD 1755.
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The Bronze statue of King Bayinnaung (The founder of the First Kingdom of Myanmar, in front of the National Museum)
info The National Museum of Myanmar (အမျိုးသားပြတိုက်) was founded in 1952 with its premises at which was once the Jubilee Hall.