Yangon City Hall
Yangon, Myanmar
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Did you know?
- Construction started
- 1926
- Type
- City hall in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
Visitor information
- Address: Y.C.H, Maha Bandula Road, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
- Phone: +95 1 543 217
People also ask
Who built Yangon city Hall?
As Sarah Rooney recounts in 30 Heritage Buildings of Yangon, initial plans for a new city hall emerged in 1913. Architect LA McClumpha won the tender.
What is the Yangon city famous for?
Yangon boasts the largest number of colonial-era buildings in Southeast Asia, and has a unique colonial-era urban core that is remarkably intact. The colonial-era commercial core is centred around the Sule Pagoda, which is reputed to be over 2,000 years old.
What was the old name of Yangon city?
Yangon (Rangoon) This former capital was known by its colonial era name Rangoon until 1989 when the ruling military regime changed it back to Yangon, meaning 'end of strife'.
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