The Yangon City Heritage List is a list of man-made

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Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

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, so designated by the city government,

Yangon City Development Committee Yangon City Development Committee ( my, ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော် စည်ပင်သာယာရေး ကော်မတီ, abbreviated YCDC) is the administrative body of Yangon, the largest city and former capital of M ...

. The list consists of 188 structures (as of 2001), and is largely made up of mostly religious structures and British colonial-era buildings. The list is presented by the township in which the structures are located. In 2010, the

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further announced that 16 ancient pagodas in

Yangon Division Yangon Region(, ; formerly Rangoon Division and Yangon Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar. Located in the heart of Lower Myanmar, the division is bordered by Bago Region to the north and east, the Gulf of Martaban to the south, and ...

are recognized as cultural heritage sites, effective 10 February 2010. The

Shwedagon Pagoda The Shwedagon Pagoda (, ); mnw, ကျာ်ဒဂုၚ်; officially named ''Shwedagon Zedi Daw'' ( my, ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်, , ) and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda is a gilded stupa ...

is recognized as both an Ancient Monument Zone and Protected and Preserved Zone. The other 15 are listed as Ancient Monument Zone.

Ahlon

Bahan

Botataung

Dagon Dagon ( he, דָּגוֹן, ''Dāgōn'') or Dagan ( sux, 2= dda-gan, ; phn, 𐤃𐤂𐤍, Dāgān) was a god worshipped in ancient Syria across the middle of the Euphrates, with primary temples located in Tuttul and Terqa, though many attes ...

Hlaing

Insein

Kamayut

Kyauktada

Yangon, Rangoon, Custom House, Strand Road, Myanmar

Yangon, Inland Water Transport Building, Myanmar, Burma

Kyimyindaing

Lanmadaw

Latha

Mayangon

Mingala Taungnyunt

North Okkalapa

Pabedan

Pazundaung

Sanchaung

Tamwe

Thingangyun Thingangyun ( my, သင်္ကန်းကျွန်း; mnw, ) is a village in Ye Township in the Mon State of south-east Burma. It is located north-west of Ye city. Nearby towns and villages include Zayat (6.3 nm), Thinbawzeik T ...

Yankin

References

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External links

Yangon City Heritage list on Yangon City Development Committee
Yangon-related lists Heritage registers in Myanmar Lists of buildings and structures in Myanmar Tourist attractions in Yangon

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