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Touring Shwegundaing
The district Shwegundaing of Yangon in Yangon East District (Yangon Region) is a subburb located in Myanmar about 203 mi south of Nay Pyi Taw, the country's capital place.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 38°C / 101 °F
Morning Temperature | 29°C / 85 °F |
Evening Temperature | 34°C / 93 °F |
Night Temperature | 30°C / 87 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 33% |
Air Pressure | 1008 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (9 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 63% of sky |
General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Thursday, 9th of May 2024
37°C (98 °F)
30°C (86 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Friday, 10th of May 2024
37°C (99 °F)
31°C (89 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Saturday, 11th of May 2024
39°C (102 °F)
32°C (90 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, few clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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BEST WESTERN GREEN HILL HOTEL
TRYP by Wyndham Yangon
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Videos from this area
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Myanmar (Burma) Circular train Yangon 2008
This video was made in the circular train in Yangon (2008), a ride of 3 hours. Originally designed during the British time, the tracks are today in a very bad condition. It's is a very nice...
Myanmar 2012 - Yangon market (1235)
Open air market in Yangon in Myanmar (Burma). Nice clips of chicken being traded alive or very, very fresh.
Myanmar, Around Yangon
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Myanmar/Yangon Royal Lake &Trainstation Part 5 2014 HD
Royal Lake: Kandawgyi Lake literally "great royal lake", formerly Royal Lake), is one of two major lakes in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar). Located east of the Shwedagon Pagoda, the lake is artificial;...
Hledan Overpass, Yangon
Driving across Hledan overpass and driving by Hledan Centre in Yangon, Myanmar.
Yangon e Shwedagon Paya (Birmania)
Yangon e Shwedagon Paya (Birmania) Esperienze di viaggi nel mondo, esclusivamente fai da te!
President Obama Yangon Myanmar Speech (November 19, 2012) [1/3]
President Barack Obama delivers a speech at the University of Yangon in Yangon, Myanmar (Rangoon, Burma) on Monday, November 19, 2012. Part 1: http://youtu.be/dy-3659BsDA Part 2: ...
MYANMAR - mit der Fähre von Yangon nach Dala
Per Fähre fahren wir von Yangon nach Dala zu einem Bummel durch den hübschen Ort, hier die Überfahrt und wie es auf der Fähre zugeht...
Lethwei Burmese Boxing [HD] - Aphyu Yaung Thway Thit Gym - Fighter Training - Yangon Myanmar
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi MP AC is a Burmese opposition politician and chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Burma. In the 1990 general election, the NLD won 59% of the national votes and 81% (392 of 485) of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections.
Rangoon bombing
The Rangoon bombing of October 9, 1983, was an assassination attempt against Chun Doo-hwan, the fifth President of South Korea, orchestrated by North Korea. Two of the bombers were captured, one of whom confessed to being a North Korean military officer.
University of Yangon
Yangon University (formerly Rangoon College, Rangoon University and Rangoon Arts and Sciences University), located in Kamayut, Yangon, is the oldest and most well-known university in Myanmar. The university offers mainly graduate degree (master's, post-graduate diploma and doctorate) programmes in liberal arts, sciences and law. Full-time bachelor's degree have not been offered at the university's main campus since the student protests of 1996.
University of Medicine 1, Yangon
The University of Medicine 1, Yangon (formerly the Institute of Medicine 1), located in Yangon, is the oldest medical school in Myanmar. The university offers M.B. ,B.S. (equivalent of the M.D. ) degrees and graduate (diploma, master's and doctoral) degrees in medical science. The university is perhaps the most selective university in the country, and admits approximately 600 students annually based solely on their college matriculation exam scores.
Bogyoke Aung San Stadium
Bogyoke Aung San Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. Named after Gen. Aung San, the 40,000 seat stadium is still the largest stadium in Myanmar and was the national stadium until mid-1980s. The stadium was the main venue for 1961 and 1969 South East Asian Peninsular Games. While it is no longer the main venue of choice for international level competitions, the stadium is still heavily used for Myanmar National League football matches.
Kandawgyi Lake
Kandawgyi Lake (literally "great royal lake", formerly Royal Lake), is one of two major lakes in Yangon, Burma (Myanmar). Located east of the Shwedagon Pagoda, the lake is artificial; water from Inya Lake is channelled through a series of pipes to Kandawgyi Lake. It was created to provide a clean water supply to the city during the British colonial administration. It is approximately 5 miles (8 km) in circumference, and has a depth of 20 to 45 inches (50 to 115 cms).
Basic Education High School No. 2 Dagon
BEHS 2 Dagon (Burmese: အခြေခံ ပညာ အထက်တန်း ကျောင်း အမှတ် ဒဂုံ မြို့မကျောင်း; formerly, Myoma National High School) is a nationally known public high school located a few miles north of downtown Yangon. The former nationalist high school founded for the children of the common folk, now educates mostly the children of well-to-do Burmese families from Dagon and vicinity. No.2 Basic Education High School was formerly known as Myoma National Boy's High School.
Practising School Yangon Institute of Education
The Practising High School, Yangon Institute of Education (commonly abbreviated TTC Yangon) is a high school in Yangon, Myanmar. TTC stands for Teachers' Training College, which is now Institute of Education. Although it is a "high school" in the technical sense, TTC's student body comprises students from Grade I (formerly Kindergarten) to Grade Eleven (formerly Tenth Standard) or Matriculation, the highest standard in Myanmar education system.
Basic Education High School No. 1 Dagon
Basic Education High School No. 1 Dagon (Burmese: အခြေခံ ပညာ အထက်တန်း ကျောင်း အမှတ် ဒဂုံ; formerly, Methodist English High School), located a few miles north of downtown Yangon, is considered one of the best public high schools in Myanmar. Dagon 1, as it is commonly known, offers classes from kindergarten to Tenth Standard (recently renamed Grade 1 to Grade 11) to about 6500 students.
National Museum of Myanmar
The National Museum of Myanmar,, located in Dagon, Yangon, is the main museum of Burmese art, history and culture in Myanmar. Founded in 1952, the five-story museum has an extensive collection of ancient artifacts, ornaments, works of art, inscriptions and historic memorabilia, related to history, culture and civilization of Burmese people.
Bogyoke Aung San Museum
The Bogyoke Aung San Museum (Burmese: ဗိုလ်ချုပ် အောင်ဆန်း ပြတိုက်), located in Bahan, Yangon, is a museum dedicated to General Aung San, the founder of modern Myanmar (Burma). Established in 1962, the two-story museum was Aung San's last residence before his assassination in July 1947. It is a colonial-era villa, built in 1921, where his daughter Aung San Suu Kyi grew up as a child. The museum, with its focus on Gen.
Workers' College
Workers' College was an affiliated college of Yangon University. The college, located in Botataung in eastern Yangon, offered undergraduate programs in liberal arts, sciences and law mostly to part-time students. Since 2004, the campus of Workers' College has been turned into the newly created National Management University of Myanmar.
University of Foreign Languages, Yangon
The University of Foreign Languages, Yangon, located in Yangon, is the leading university for the study of foreign languages in Myanmar. The university offers full-time four-year bachelor's degree programs, and part-time diploma programs in the study of several Asian and European languages. The university is popular with students interested in careers in the tourism industry, and/or finding work overseas.
Yangon Zoological Gardens
The Yangon Zoological Gardens (Yangon Zoo) is the oldest and the second largest zoo in Myanmar. Located immediately north of downtown Yangon near Kandawgyi Lake, the 69.25-acre recreational park also includes a museum of natural history, an aquarium and an amusement park. With a collection of nearly 200 species and 1100 species, the zoo draws nearly 2.2 million visitors annually.
People's Square and Park
The People's Square and Park is one of the major parks surrounding the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar. Located west of the great pagoda to the former Pyithu Hluttaw (People's Parliament) complex, the 135.72 acre (54.92-hectare) park is bounded by Pyay Road to its west, U Wisara Road to its east, Dhammazedi Road to its north and Ahlone Road to its south. The area had been part of the palace grounds of Queen Shin Sawbu and later a golf course for some years during the colonial days.
Basic Education High School No. 2 Sanchaung
Basic Education High School No. 2 Sanchaung (Burmese: အခြေခံ ပညာ အထက်တန်း ကျောင်း အမှတ် စမ်းချောင်း; abbreviated to အ. ထ. က. စမ်းချောင်း) (commonly known as Sanchaung 2 High School or St. Philomena's High School), located in Sanchaung township, is a public high school in Yangon. The mostly-girls school offers classes from kindergarten to Tenth Standard (or Grade 1 through Grade 11 in the new nomenclature).
Yangon Children's Hospital
The Yangon Children's Hospital (YCH) (Burmese: ရန်ကုန် ကလေး ဆေးရုံ) is a major public hospital in Yangon, Myanmar. The YCH was established in 1960 under the Yangon General Hospital with a capacity of 60 beds. In 1962-1963, the hospital moved to Myenigon with the capacity of 80 beds. In 1963, the hospital moved again to current 8.73-acre compound. The current main building was built in 1970 with Canadian aid, and opened in September 1978.
Battle of Elephant Point
The Battle of Elephant Point was an airborne operation conducted by a composite Gurkha airborne battalion that took place on 1 May 1945. In March 1945, plans were made for an assault on Rangoon, the capital of Burma, as a stepping-stone on the way to recapturing Malaya and Singapore.
Yangon ENT Hospital
The Yangon Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital (Burmese: ရန်ကုန် နား နှာခေါင်း လည်ချောင်း ဆေးရုံ) is a public specialist hospital located in Yangon, Myanmar. The Yangon ENT Hospital was called the Yangon Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat (EENT) Hospital on Alanpya Road. It was moved to the current location in 2000.
Fushan Si Temple
Fushan Si Temple (Chinese: 福山寺; pinyin: Fúshān Sì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hok-san-sī; Burmese: ကုက္ကိုင်းဘုရားကျောင်း; also spelt Fu Shan Si or Fu Sun Si), located on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road in Bahan Township, Yangon, is a Hokkien Chinese temple founded in January 1875 by overseas Chinese with ancestry from Anxi County in Fujian Province. The temple is managed by the Kheng Hock Keong Temple in downtown Yangon.
Karaweik
Karaweik or Karaweik Hall is a palace on the eastern shore of Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon, Burma. The barge was designed by Burmese architect U Ngwe Hlaing, who based it on the Pyigyimon royal barge. Construction began in June 1972 and it was finished in October 1974. The barge is a two-storied construction of concerete and stucco, reinforced by iron rods, with a pyatthat-topped roof, and two reception halls and a conference room. It houses a buffet restaurant today.
Nga Htat Gyi Pagoda
Nga Htat Gyi Pagoda also Nga Htat Gyi Buddha Temple is a Buddhist temple in Bahan Township, Yangon, Burma, located off Shwegondine Road, A distinct five-tiered pagoda, the original 20.5 feet high Buddha image was donated by Prince Minyedeippa in 1558. A Buddha, 45.5 feet on a pedestal, 30 feet (9.1m) high and 46 feet (13.9m) wide was erected at the temple in 1900.
Gymkhana Ground, Rangoon
The Gymkhana Ground was a cricket ground in Rangoon, Burma (today Yangon, Myanmar). The first recorded match held on the ground was in December 1912, when Rangoon Gymkhana played the Europeans. Two further matches were held in that month, with Upper Burma playing the Europeans, and Burma playing the Europeans. The next recorded match on the ground came in 1927 when Rangoon Gymkhana played its only first-class match against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club.
ILBC (International Language & Business Centre)
The International Language & Business Centre (ILBC) is a private school established in 1995 in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. It has established 12 schools in 7 major cities of the country: Yangon, Mandalay, Naypyidaw, Myitkyina, Taunggyi, Lasho, and Myeik.
Embassy of the United States, Rangoon
The Embassy of the United States in Rangoon represents the official diplomatic mission of the American government in Burma (Myanmar), provides assistance to American citizens and issues visas to foreign nationals, for the purposes of visiting and immigration.