Yangon

Summary

Yangon is a city^[1]. Yangon ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,426 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Yangon was a member of League of Historical Cities^[3].
• Yangon is located in Yangon Region^[4].
• Yangon is in the country of Myanmar^[5].
• Yangon is in the country of Myanmar^[6].
• Yangon's head of government is recorded as Q133890407^[7].
• Yangon's image is recorded as 2016 Rangun, Dawny budynek Sądu Najwyższego (15).jpg^[8].
• Yangon's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Yangon's instance of is recorded as big city^[10].
• Yangon's instance of is recorded as largest city^[11].
• Yangon's instance of is recorded as provincial capital^[12].
• Yangon's instance of is recorded as town in Myanmar^[13].
• Yangon's official language is recorded as Burmese^[14].
• Yangon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Haikou^[15].
• Yangon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kunming^[16].
• Yangon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Busan^[17].
• Yangon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fukuoka^[18].
• Yangon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ho Chi Minh City^[19].
• Yangon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kathmandu^[20].
• Yangon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nanning^[21].
• Yangon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Quezon City^[22].
• Yangon's twinned administrative body is recorded as Yangzhou^[23].
• Yangon's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 136635929^[24].
• Yangon's GND ID is recorded as 4133122-9^[25].
• Yangon's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80053296^[26].
• Yangon's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11988812n^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Myanmar^[5], a sovereign state^[28], in Myanmar^[29], founded in 1948^[30]. Yangon is located in Yangon Region^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Yangon's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+576'}^[31]. Yangon's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+15'}^[32]. Population counts include {'amount': '+5209541'}^[33], {'amount': '+5430000'}^[34], {'amount': '+7360703'}^[35], and {'amount': '+6874000'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[9], big city^[10], largest city^[11], provincial capital^[12], and town in Myanmar^[13].

History and Context

+1035-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Yangon^[37].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Yangon include crab rangoon^[38] and Yangon International Airport^[39], an international airport^[40], in Myanmar^[41].

Why It Matters

Yangon ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,426 views/month).^[2] Yangon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Yangon is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for Yangon include crab rangoon^[38] and Yangon International Airport^[39], an international airport^[40], in Myanmar^[41].