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Yangon Region is the most developed region in the country. According to the government's official statistics for FY 2010–2011, the size of the economy of Yangon Region was 8.93 trillion kyat, or 23% of the national GDP. [17] Greater Yangon is Lower Myanmar's main trading hub for all kinds of merchandise – from basic food stuffs to used cars.
Yangon Region was divided into 4 districts, which overlap with the city's jurisdiction, [2] this changed in 2022, now the region has 14 districts. The current mayor of Yangon is U Bo Htay , [3] [4] an economist and a retired professor at the Yangon Institute of Economics. Each township is administered by a committee of township leaders, who ...
Kyauktan Ye Le Pagoda (Burmese: ကျောက်တန်းရေလယ်ဘုရား [tɕaʊʔtáɰ̃ jèlɛ̀ pʰəjá], formally Kyaikhmawwun Yele Pagoda (ကျိုက်မှော်ဝန်းရေလယ်စေတီတော်) is a Buddhist pagoda located in Kyauktan Township, Yangon Region, on a small island in Hmaw Wun Creek, a tributary of Yangon River.
The Sule Pagoda was made the center of Yangon by Lt. Alexander Fraser of the Bengal Engineers, who created the present street layout of Yangon soon after the British occupation in the middle of the 19th century. (Lt. Fraser also lent his name to Fraser Street, now Anawrattha Street and still one of the main thoroughfares of Yangon).
Taikkyi Township (Burmese: တိုက်ကြီး မြို့နယ် [taɪʔtɕí mjo̰nɛ̀]) is the northernmost township of Yangon Region. Taikkyi township constitutes three main towns: Taikkyi, Oakkan, Aphauk. Yangon-Pyay Road and Yangon-Pyay railway cross Taikkyi from North to South.
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Yangon Region Government is known as Yangon Region Caretaker Government. Current Chief Minister is Hla Soe . Hla Soe's Yangon Region Administration Council(1 February ...
Yangon, [a] formerly romanized as Rangoon, [4] [5] is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government relocated the administrative functions to the purpose-built capital city of Naypyidaw in north central Myanmar. [ 6 ]