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The Yangon City Heritage List is a list of man-made landmarks in
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
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 ...
, Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
, so designated by the city government, Yangon City Development Committee. 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 Ministry of Culture 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, ...
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.
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
Th ...
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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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