Shwedagon Pagoda

religious building in Yangon, Myanmar
Organization buddhist_temple Q464535
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Shwedagon Pagoda

Summary

Shwedagon Pagoda is a Buddhist temple[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (487 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shwedagon Pagoda is located in Dagon Township[3].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda is in the country of Myanmar[4].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's image is recorded as Shwedagon Pagoda, Golden stupa 2, Yangon, Myanmar.jpg[5].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's image is recorded as Yangon - Shwedagon Pagoda 03.jpg[6].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's instance of is recorded as Buddhist temple[7].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's architect is recorded as Hsinbyushin[8].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's founder is recorded as Myanmar[9].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's GND ID is recorded as 4115692-4[10].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's location is recorded as Yangon[11].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's Commons category is recorded as Shwedagon pagoda[12].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20019087[13].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 16.79833333, 'lon': 96.14944444}[14].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06vpdx[15].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's official website is recorded as http://www.shwedagonpagoda.com.mm/[16].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[17].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1296713[18].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's different from is recorded as Shwezigon Pagoda[19].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+112'}[20].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -442745[21].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (i)[22].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (ii)[23].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iii)[24].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iv)[25].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (vi)[26].
  • Shwedagon Pagoda's World Heritage Tentative List ID is recorded as 6367[27].

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Founding

Shwedagon Pagoda's founder is recorded as Myanmar[9].

Why It Matters

Shwedagon Pagoda ranks in the top 1% of buddhist_temple entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (487 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location Yangon
    Architect Hsinbyushin
    World heritage criteria (i), (ii), (iii) +2
    Founder Myanmar
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "ShwedagonPagoda::t3x4n"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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