Yangon's four main passenger jetties, all located on or near downtown waterfront, mainly serve local ferries across the river to Dala and Thanlyin, and regional ferries to the Irrawaddy delta. The 22-mile (35 km) Twante Canal was the quickest route from Yangon to the Irrawaddy delta until the 1990s when roads between Yangon and the Irrawaddy ...

The first mention of the pagoda in the royal chronicles dates only to 1362/63 CE (724 ME) when King Binnya U of Martaban–Hanthawaddy raised the pagoda to 18 m (59 ft). Contemporary inscriptional evidence, the Shwedagon Pagoda Inscriptions from the reign of King Dhammazedi of Hanthawaddy (r. 1471–1492), shows a list of repairs of the pagoda going back to 1436.

Rangun liegt im Süden des Landes am Ostrand des Irrawaddydeltas in der Nähe des Golfes von Martaban, einem Meeresarm des Andamanischen Meeres, durchschnittlich 15 Meter über dem Meeresspiegel.Die Altstadt liegt direkt an der Mündung des Bago in den Yangon River, einen der vielen Mündungsarme des Irrawaddy/Ayerawaddy.Mit dem Panzudaung und dem Twante …

Anawrahta Minsaw (Burmese: အနော်ရထာ မင်းစော, pronounced [ʔənɔ̀jətʰà mɪ́ɰ̃ sɔ́]; 11 May 1014 – 11 April 1077) was the founder of the Pagan Empire.Considered the father of the Burmese nation, Anawrahta turned a small principality in the dry zone of Upper Burma into the first Burmese Empire that formed the basis of modern-day Burma (Myanmar).

Rangoun [1] (en birman : ရန်ကုန်, prononcé : / j à ɴ ɡ ò ʊ ɴ m j o̰/) ou Rangoon [2], officiellement renommée Yangon en 1989, est la capitale économique et la plus grande ville de la Birmanie (ou Myanmar) avec 4,5 millions d'habitants. Située sur le fleuve Yangon né de la confluence des rivières Bago et Myitmaka, elle se trouve à trente kilomètres du golfe de ...

Adoniram Judson (August 9, 1788 – April 12, 1850) was an American Congregationalist and later Particular Baptist missionary, who served in Burma for almost forty years. At the age of 25, Adoniram Judson was sent from North America to preach in Burma. His mission and work with Luther Rice led to the formation of the first Baptist association in America to support missionaries.

History. Yangon Circular Railway was built during colonial times by the British. The double track railway was built in 1954.. In July 2011, the Ministry of Rail Transportation announced that it intended to privatize the Yangon Circular Railway, since the government-run system operates at a loss for the government, with monthly operating costs about 260 million kyats (US$325,000) …

Semarang (Javanese: ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ, formerly Dutch: Samarang) is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia.It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today.The city has been named as the cleanest tourist destination in Southeast Asia by the ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard (ACTCS) for …

Kayin State (Burmese: ကရင်ပြည်နယ်, pronounced [kəjɪ̀ɴ pjìnɛ̀]; Eastern Pwo: ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့်; S'gaw Karen: ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်, pronounced [kɲɔkɔshæ]), also known by the endonyms Kawthoolei and Karen State, is a state of Myanmar.The capital city is Hpa-An, also spelled Pa-An.. The relief of Karen State is mountainous with ...

Burmese names. In the Myanmar language, Burma is known as Myanmar Pyi (မြန်မာပြည်). Myanmar Pyi is the written, literary name of the country, while Bama is the spoken name of the country. Burmese, like Javanese and other languages of Southeast Asia, has different levels of register, with sharp differences between literary and spoken language.