"a graduate school, deprived of undergraduate studies. Following the 1988 nationwide uprising, the military government has repeatedly closed universities, and has dispersed most of undergraduate student population to new universities in the suburbs such as Dagon University, the University of East Yangon and the University of West Yangon. Nonetheless many of the country's most selective universities are still in Yangon. Students from around the country still have to come to study in Yangon as some subjects are offered only at its universities. The University of Medicine 1, University of Medicine 2, Yangon Technological University, University of Computer Studies and Myanmar"
"transferred from Bago Division to Yangon Division. Post-war Yangon grew tremendously. Successive Burmese governments built satellite towns near Yangon. Today, Yangon Region is essentially the Greater Yangon metropolitan area surrounded by a hollow rural hinterland. Yangon Region consists of 4 districts and 44 townships. Of the 44, the city of Yangon now encompasses 33 townships. The ethnic Bamar, Rakhine, Karen and Mon make up the majority of the population. The division is also home to a large number of Chinese and South Asians. The majority of the inhabitants are Theravada Buddhists, followed by Muslims, Christians and Hindus. According to 2014"
"capital city of Magway region is Magway. Pakokku Pakokku (, ) is a city in the Magway Region in Myanmar, also known as Burma. It is situated about 30 km north-west of Bagan on the Irrawaddy River. It is the administration seat of Pakokku Township and Pakokku District. The city is the location of Computer University, Pakokku, Pakokku Education College, Technological University, Pakokku, and Pakokku University. Thiho Shin Pagoda, Shwe Ku Pagoda, Shwe Mothtaw Pagoda,Shwe Tant Tit,and Phaung Taw Oo Pagoda are famous pagodas which locate at Pakokku. Irrawaddy Bridge (Pakokku) is the longest bridge in Myanmar. Pakokku is also"
"Sagaing Region Sagaing Region (, , formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east. It is bordered by India’s Nagaland, Manipur, and Arunachal Pradesh States to the north, Kachin State, Shan State, and Mandalay Region to the east, Mandalay Region and Magway Region to the south, with the Ayeyarwady River forming a greater part of its eastern and also southern boundary, and Chin State and India to the west. The region has an area of 93,527 km². In 1996, it had"
"or Singapore) for treatment. Mandalay Region Mandalay Region (, , formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering Sagaing Region and Magway Region to the west, Shan State to the east, and Bago Region and Kayin State to the south. The regional capital is Mandalay. In the south of the division lies the national capital of Nay Pyi Taw. The division consists of seven districts, which are subdivided into 30 townships and 2,320 wards and village-tracts. Mandalay Region is important in Myanmar's economy, accounting for 15% of the national"
"similar size of population. Sagaing Region Sagaing Region (, , formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east. It is bordered by India’s Nagaland, Manipur, and Arunachal Pradesh States to the north, Kachin State, Shan State, and Mandalay Region to the east, Mandalay Region and Magway Region to the south, with the Ayeyarwady River forming a greater part of its eastern and also southern boundary, and Chin State and India to the west. The region has an area of 93,527 km²."
"Mogok Mogok (, ; Shan: , ) is a city in the Pyin Oo Lwin District of the Mandalay Region of Myanmar, located 200 km north of Mandalay and 148 km north-east of Shwebo. Mogok was in Shan State and after British, the town was put in Mandalay Region along with Pyin Oo Lwin. At 1170 meters in elevation, the city has a fairly temperate climate year-round, and is home to Bamar, Shan, Lisu, Palaung, and Karen ethnic groups, as well as Chinese, Indians and Gurkhas. The city is composed of two towns, Mogok and Kyat Pyin. Mogok is four"
"Bagan Bagan (, ; formerly Pagan) is an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar. During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, over 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2,200 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day. The Bagan Archaeological Zone is a main attraction for the country's nascent tourism industry. It"
"Yangon Yangon (, MLCTS ""rankun mrui"", ; also known by the former name Rangoon, lit. ""End of Strife"") is the capital of the Yangon Region of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government relocated the capital to the purpose-built city of Naypyidaw () in central Myanmar. With over 7 million people, Yangon is Myanmar's largest city and its most important commercial centre. Yangon boasts the largest number of colonial-era buildings in Southeast Asia, and has a unique colonial-era urban core that is remarkably intact. The colonial-era commercial core is"
"Mandalay Region Mandalay Region (, , formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering Sagaing Region and Magway Region to the west, Shan State to the east, and Bago Region and Kayin State to the south. The regional capital is Mandalay. In the south of the division lies the national capital of Nay Pyi Taw. The division consists of seven districts, which are subdivided into 30 townships and 2,320 wards and village-tracts. Mandalay Region is important in Myanmar's economy, accounting for 15% of the national economy. It is under"
"Ayeyarwady Region Ayeyarwady Region (, , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bordered by Bago Region to the north, Bago Region and Yangon Region to the east and the Bay of Bengal to the south and west. It is contiguous with the Rakhine State in the northwest. The region lies between approximately latitude 15° 40' and 18° 30' north and between longitude 94° 15' and 96° 15' east. It has an area of . The population is more than 6.5 million, making"
"Thanlyin Bridge Thanlyin Bridge () is a bridge linking the cities of Thanlyin and Yangon in Myanmar. The bridge crosses the 1-km wide Bago river, about 42 km northeast from the river's confluence with Yangon river. The bridge has a single rail track in the middle, surrounded by a motor roadway on each side. Highway 6 goes over the bridge and connects Yangon with the Thilawa port and Thanlyin Industrial Zone. The bridge will soon be joined by the Thanlyin Bridge 2, which has been under construction since mid-2000s. The bridge was built with Chinese financial and technical assistance. The"
"Pakokku Pakokku (, ) is a city in the Magway Region in Myanmar, also known as Burma. It is situated about 30 km north-west of Bagan on the Irrawaddy River. It is the administration seat of Pakokku Township and Pakokku District. The city is the location of Computer University, Pakokku, Pakokku Education College, Technological University, Pakokku, and Pakokku University. Thiho Shin Pagoda, Shwe Ku Pagoda, Shwe Mothtaw Pagoda,Shwe Tant Tit,and Phaung Taw Oo Pagoda are famous pagodas which locate at Pakokku. Irrawaddy Bridge (Pakokku) is the longest bridge in Myanmar. Pakokku is also the largest city in Magway region but"
"Township and East Dagon Township in the south. Hlegu Township Hlegu Township (, ) is a township in Yangon Division, Burma (Myanmar). It is northeast of the city Yangon and is largely rural. The township's Paunglin Dam and Ngamoeyeik Reservoir supply water to over 28,300 hectares (70,000 acres) of farmland between Hlegu and Yangon, and nearly 340 million liters (90 million gallons) of water a day to the people living in Yangon. The new Yangon-Naypyidaw Highway cuts through the township. Hlegu township shares borders with Hmawbi Township and Taikkyi Township in the west, Bago Township of Bago Region in the"
"Nyan Win Nyan Win (, ; born 22 January 1953) was the Chief Minister of Bago Region from 2011 to 2016. He won a Regional Hluttaw seat in an uncontested election in 2010, representing Zigon Township, and was appointed Chief Minister of the region on 30 March 2011. Prior to his election, he was the 18th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, having been appointed on 18 September 2004. He was a Major General in the Burmese Army. He was Deputy Chief of Military Training for the Myanmar Armed Forces before he became a member of the SPDC. He also"
"trip from Yangon. The Shwegyin Dam is in the eastern part Bago Region. It is a long, wide and thick zone-type dam with a water storage capacity of 2,078,417 megalitres . The three concrete conduit pipes are in length, in width and in height each. The intake infrastructure is long, wide and high. The spillway is long, wide and high. Two compressed steel pipe lines at the dam are in diameter and in length each. The power plant is long, wide and high. It is equipped with four 18.75-MW Francis vertical shaft turbines. It can generate 262 million KW hours"
"of Culture, Yangon. South Dagon Township South Dagon Township (also South Dagon Myothit; ) is located in the southeastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 26 wards and three village tracts, and shares borders with North Dagon Township and East Dagon Township in the north, Thingangyun Township in the west across the Pazundaung Creek, the Bago River in the east, and Dagon Seikkan Township in the south. South Dagon is one of the new satellite towns founded in 1989 by the military government. The township has 31 primary schools, seven middle schools and three high schools. It is home"
"Diocese of Yangon The Diocese of Yangon (formerly Rangoon) is the Church of the Province of Myanmar (Anglican) jurisdiction in and around the old capital Yangon, and under the care of the Bishop of Yangon and Archbishop of Myanmar. The diocese (then called Rangoon) was in the Church of England province of Calcutta from 1877 to 1930, then the Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon until 1970. Beforehand, British Burma, then part of the Indian Empire, had come under the guidance of the Bishop of Calcutta, Metropolitan of India. In 1966, the last non-Burmese bishop was evicted by the"
"bordered by India and Bangladesh to its west, Thailand and Laos to its east and China to its north and northeast. Its capital city is Naypyidaw, and its largest city and former capital is Yangon (Rangoon). Myanmar has been a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1997. Early civilisations in Myanmar included the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu city-states in Upper Burma and the Mon kingdoms in Lower Burma. In the 9th century, the Bamar people entered the upper Irrawaddy valley and, following the establishment of the Pagan Kingdom in the 1050s, the Burmese language, culture and Theravada Buddhism"
"tourism has attracted a sizable population to the area. Because Old Bagan is now off limits to permanent dwellings, much of the population reside in either New Bagan, south of Old Bagan, or Nyaung-U, north of Old Bagan. The majority of native residents are Bamar. The Bagan archaeological zone is part of Nyaung-U District, Mandalay Region. Bagan Bagan (, ; formerly Pagan) is an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would later constitute modern"
"Gangaw Gangaw (, ) is a town of Gangaw Township in Gangaw District in the Magway Division in Myanmar. Gangaw is also known as the City of Yaw, a certain region in Myanmar including Gangaw (), Tilin (), Saw () and villages around them. Myit Thar river () flows from South to North dividing the town into Gangaw and Western Gangaw () village. Kale-Gangaw Road was a main roadway linking Gangaw and Kalaymyo. It was long, the 59 miles and six furlongs was tarred road and three miles section, three furlongs was gravel road section and 19 miles and seven"
"Rangoon and Mandalay. The major stops in Magway on that line are Taungdwingyi and Natmauk. In addition, there are two rail lines running north from the Irrawaddy port of Pakokku, one to Chaung-U in Sagaing Region and the other to the Myittha River valley past Myaing and Kyaw. The capital Magway has a small non-commercial airport with air traffic for the city of Magway mostly coming in through Bagan Airport at Nyaung U some 113 km to the north along the Irrawaddy. There are commercial airports at Gangaw, Kyauktu, Pakokku, and Pauk. , however, none of them have regularly scheduled"
"Archaeological Zone, defined as the 13 x 8 km area centred around Old Bagan, consisting of Nyaung U in the north and New Bagan in the south, lies in the vast expanse of plains in Upper Burma on the bend of the Irrawaddy river. It is located south-west of Mandalay and north of Yangon. Its coordinates are 21°10' North and 94°52' East. Bagan lies in the middle of the ""dry zone"" of Burma, the region roughly between Shwebo in the north and Pyay in the south. Unlike the coastal regions of the country, which receive annual monsoon rainfalls exceeding 2500"
"Administrative divisions of Myanmar Myanmar is divided into twenty-one administrative subdivisions, which include: The regions were called divisions prior to August 2010, and five of them are named after their capital city, the exceptions being Ayeyarwady Region and Tanintharyi Region. The regions can be described as ethnically predominantly Burman (Bamar), while the states, the zones and Wa Division are dominated by ethnic minorities. Yangon Region has the largest population and is the most densely populated. The smallest population is Kayah State. In terms of land area, Shan State is the largest and Yangon Region is the smallest. States and regions"
"the median age was 25.9 years, and a sex ratio of 91 males per 100 females. There were 45,753 households; the mean household size was 4.3. Daik-U Township Daik-U Township is a township in Bago District in the Bago Region of Burma. The principal town is Daik-U. Prior to the Second Anglo-Burmese War, the area around Daik U was composed of small villages. After the British built a railway between Rangoon (now Yangon) and Pyuntaza in 1878, with a railway station at Daik U, a bustling village emerged, accelerated by the construction of a highway between Rangoon and Mandalay in"
"Daik-U Township Daik-U Township is a township in Bago District in the Bago Region of Burma. The principal town is Daik-U. Prior to the Second Anglo-Burmese War, the area around Daik U was composed of small villages. After the British built a railway between Rangoon (now Yangon) and Pyuntaza in 1878, with a railway station at Daik U, a bustling village emerged, accelerated by the construction of a highway between Rangoon and Mandalay in 1923. The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Daik-U Township had a population of 202,530. The population density was 157.3 people per km². The census reported that"
"Pa'O people The Pa'O (Pa-O, Paoh) (, , or ; ) is the seventh largest ethnic nationality in Burma with a population of approximately 2,000,0002,600,000 The Pa'O settled in the Thaton region of present-day Myanmar around 1000 B.C. Historically, the Pa'O wore colorful clothing until King Anawratha defeated the Mon King, Makuta of Thaton. The Pa'O were enslaved and forced to wear indigo-dyed clothing to signify their status. The Pa'O people are the second largest ethnic group in the state of Shan. They also reside in Kayin State, Kayah State, Mon State, and the Bago Division. They are believed to"
"Hlegu Township Hlegu Township (, ) is a township in Yangon Division, Burma (Myanmar). It is northeast of the city Yangon and is largely rural. The township's Paunglin Dam and Ngamoeyeik Reservoir supply water to over 28,300 hectares (70,000 acres) of farmland between Hlegu and Yangon, and nearly 340 million liters (90 million gallons) of water a day to the people living in Yangon. The new Yangon-Naypyidaw Highway cuts through the township. Hlegu township shares borders with Hmawbi Township and Taikkyi Township in the west, Bago Township of Bago Region in the north and east, North Okkalapa Township, North Dagon"
"Dagon University Dagon University ( ), located in North Dagon, Yangon, is one of the largest universities in Myanmar. The university, established in 1993, offers bachelor's and master's degrees in liberal arts and sciences to full-time, part-time and online students. Dagon University also offers a full-time four-year law degree program. The university's campus in the outskirts of Yangon is one of the largest campuses in the country. Dagon University was opened in 1993 in North Dagon in the northeastern corner of Yangon to serve students from eastern Yangon districts. The move was widely believed to be part of the Burmese"
"Aung Moe Nyo Aung Moe Nyo, a doctor, is a Burmese politician who currently serves as Chief Minister of Magway Region, the head of the Magway Region Government. He was elected from NLD in the former elections and re-elected in the 2015 election and became the chief minister in 2016. Aung Moe Nyo graduated from Rangoon Institute of Medicine in 1982 and started his own clinic in 1984. He won a seat in the 1990 election, capturing 74 percent of the vote. He was one of the NLD MPs-elect who were arrested in 1998 and kept without trial in military"
"railways. By the territorial roads, it is to Mandalay and to Yangon. The closest major airport to Taungdwingyi, Myanmar is Magwe Airport (MWQ). The Taungdwingyi region is one of the earliest inhabited regions in Myanmar. The Pyu city of Beikthano was founded around 200 BCE. Taungdwinggyi was a city state during Bagan Era. At the Mongol invasions, the city was destroyed by Mongol. In 1278, a relative of a Bagan King, Thiha Patae reestablished Taungdwingyi. In 1480, Ava King, Second Min Khaung sent Lord Zeya Kyaw Htin to administrate the town. During the Ava period (1364–1555), the region produced a"
"Taungoo Taungoo (, ; ; also spelled Toungoo) is a district-level city in the Bago Region of Myanmar, 220 km from Yangon, towards the north-eastern end of the division, with mountain ranges to the east and west. The main industry is in forestry products, with teak and other hardwoods extracted from the mountains. The city is known for its areca palms, to the extent that a Burmese proverb for unexpected good fortune is equated to a ""betel lover winning a trip to Taungoo"". The city is famous in Burmese history for the Toungoo dynasty which ruled the country for over"
"Naypyidaw, and its largest city and former capital is Yangon (Rangoon). Myanmar has been a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1997. Early civilisations in Myanmar included the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu city-states in Upper Burma and the Mon kingdoms in Lower Burma. In the 9th century, the Bamar people entered the upper Irrawaddy valley and, following the establishment of the Pagan Kingdom in the 1050s, the Burmese language, culture and Theravada Buddhism slowly became dominant in the country. The Pagan Kingdom fell due to the Mongol invasions and several warring states emerged. In the 16th century, reunified"