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The Naypyidaw Zoological Gardens () located in 
Naypyidaw
Naypyidaw, officially spelled Nay Pyi Taw (; ), is the capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. It is unusual among Myanmar's cities, as it is an entirely planned city o ...
is the largest zoo
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in South East Asia. Located on the Yangon
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- Mandalay highway about 250 miles (400 km) north of Yangon, the 612-acre (247-hectare) zoo opened its doors on Myanmar's Armed Forces Day
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(27 March) in 2008 with about 420 animals trucked in from the Yangon Zoological Gardens.
The zoo has elephants, crocodiles, tigers, deer, leopards, monkeys as well as white tigers, zebras, and kangaroos. It also comes complete with an air-conditioned penguin house in a country of persistent power shortages.
In December 2009, the zoo had 634 animals of 89 species, including 304 from 34 different mammal species; 265 from 44 bird
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species; and 65 from 11 reptile species.
See also
*National Herbal Park
The National Herbal Park ( my, အမျိုးသား ဆေးဖက်ဝင် အပင်များ ပန်းခြံ) is a park located near the Naypyidaw-Taungnyo Road in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. Over 20,000 herbal and medicinal plan ...
* Naypyidaw Safari Park
The Naypyidaw Safari Park ( my, နေပြည်တော် ဆာဖာရီ ဥယျာဉ်) is a wildlife park, located in Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma). The park consists of a Asian safari, a Australian safari and a African safari. The ...
* Naypyidaw Water Fountain Garden
The Naypyidaw Water Fountain Garden ( my, နေပြည်တော် ရေပန်း ဥယျာဉ်) is a garden in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. The garden is situated near the Naypyidaw City Hall with a steel structure arch-way. Also include ...
* Yadanabon Zoological Gardens
* Yangon Zoological Gardens
References
Zoos in Myanmar Buildings and structures in Naypyidaw Zoos established in 2008 2008 establishments in Myanmar {{Zoo-stub