Nine Mile Cemetery () was an ethnic Chinese cemetery located in

Yangon Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

. In 1996, the Burmese government announced that the cemetery would be demolished and that remains were to be relocated to

Yayway Cemetery Yayway Cemetery (, also spelt Yeway Cemetery) is a cemetery located in North Okkalapa Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The cemetery is the final resting place of many prominent Burmese. The cemetery is maintained by the Yangon City Development Commit ...

. The interred remains from these cemetery relocation projects were reburied at Yayway Cemetery, located on the outskirts of the city. The Kyauktawgyi Buddha Temple on Mindhamma Hill was built near the site of the former cemetery.

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{{reflist Cemeteries in Myanmar Former cemeteries