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Available in 43 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-43" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">43 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ace mw-list-item"><a href="https://ace.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisi_Yangon" title="Divisi Yangon – Acehnese" lang="ace" hreflang="ace" data-title="Divisi Yangon" data-language-autonym="Acèh" data-language-local-name="Acehnese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Acèh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D8%A9_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%86" title="منطقة يانغون – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="منطقة يانغون" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2" title="ইয়াংগুন অঞ্চল – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ইয়াংগুন অঞ্চল" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2" title="ইয়াঙ্গুন অঞ্চল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ইয়াঙ্গুন অঞ্চল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangon_T%C4%93-khu" title="Yangon Tē-khu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Yangon Tē-khu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisi%C3%B3_de_Yangon" title="Divisió de Yangon – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Divisió de Yangon" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangon_Region" title="Yangon Region – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Yangon Region" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangon-Region" title="Yangon-Region – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Yangon-Region" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangoni_piirkond" title="Yangoni piirkond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Yangoni piirkond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regi%C3%B3n_de_Rang%C3%BAn" title="Región de Rangún – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Región de Rangún" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AD%DB%8C%D9%87_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86" title="ناحیه یانگون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ناحیه یانگون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9gion_de_Rangoun" title="Région de Rangoun – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Région de Rangoun" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%96%91%EA%B3%A4%EB%8F%84" title="양곤도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="양곤도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B2" title="यांगोन मण्डल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="यांगोन मण्डल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiono_Yangon" title="Regiono Yangon – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Regiono Yangon" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Region_Yangon" title="Region Yangon – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Region Yangon" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regione_di_Yangon" title="Regione di Yangon – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Regione di Yangon" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="იანგონის რეგიონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იანგონის რეგიონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jangono_regionas" title="Jangono regionas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Jangono regionas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Јангон (округ) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Јангон (округ)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9B%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%AF%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%90%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9E%E1%80%80%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8" title="ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီး – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီး" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangon_(regio)" title="Yangon (regio) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Yangon (regio)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B4%E3%83%B3%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E5%9F%9F" title="ヤンゴン地方域 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヤンゴン地方域" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangon_(region)" title="Yangon (region) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Yangon (region)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AF%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%96%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%B0" title="ਯਾਂਗੋਨ ਖੇਤਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਯਾਂਗੋਨ ਖੇਤਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-blk mw-list-item"><a href="https://blk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9B%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%82%8F%E1%80%90%E1%80%80%E1%80%BD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%82%8F%E1%80%90%E1%80%BD%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%EA%A9%BB%E1%80%92%E1%80%B1%E1%82%8F%E1%80%9E%E1%80%90%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA" title="ရန်ႏတကွုန်ႏတွိုင်ꩻဒေႏသတန် – Pa'O" lang="blk" hreflang="blk" data-title="ရန်ႏတကွုန်ႏတွိုင်ꩻဒေႏသတန်" data-language-autonym="ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ" data-language-local-name="Pa'O" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%86%E1%9E%94%E1%9E%93%E1%9F%8B%E1%9E%99%E1%9F%89%E1%9E%B6%E1%9F%86%E1%9E%84%E1%9E%A0%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%82%E1%9E%BC%E1%9E%93" title="តំបន់យ៉ាំងហ្គូន – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="តំបន់យ៉ាំងហ្គូន" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangun_(prowincja)" title="Rangun (prowincja) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Rangun (prowincja)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rangum_(regi%C3%A3o)" title="Rangum (região) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rangum (região)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Янгон (округ) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Янгон (округ)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%9D%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%B3%E1%B1%B1_%E1%B1%B4%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B4%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%9F" title="ᱭᱮᱝᱜᱳᱱ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱭᱮᱝᱜᱳᱱ ᱴᱚᱴᱷᱟ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangon_(alue)" title="Yangon (alue) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Yangon (alue)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangonregionen" title="Yangonregionen – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Yangonregionen" 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href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Myanmar" title="Administrative divisions of Myanmar">Region</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Yangon Region</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Yangon_Region.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Yangon Region"><img alt="Flag of Yangon Region" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/Seal_of_Yangon_Region_Government.png/150px-Seal_of_Yangon_Region_Government.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Seal_of_Yangon_Region_Government.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Seal</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">YGN</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yangon_Region_in_Myanmar.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Yangon Region"><img alt="Location of Yangon Region" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Yangon_Region_in_Myanmar.svg/220px-Yangon_Region_in_Myanmar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="462" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Yangon_Region_in_Myanmar.svg/330px-Yangon_Region_in_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Yangon_Region_in_Myanmar.svg/440px-Yangon_Region_in_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="2520" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Location of Yangon Region</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Yangon_Region&params=17_0_N_96_10_E_type:city(7360703)_region:MM"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">17°0′N</span> <span class="longitude">96°10′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">17.000°N 96.167°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">17.000; 96.167</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Myanmar" title="Lower Myanmar">Lower Myanmar</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yangon" title="Yangon">Yangon</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Chief_Ministers_of_States_and_Regions_of_Myanmar" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Ministers of States and Regions of Myanmar">Chief Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Hla Soe</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Cabinet</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yangon_Region_Government" title="Yangon Region Government">Yangon Region Government</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yangon_Region_Hluttaw" title="Yangon Region Hluttaw">Yangon Region Hluttaw</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Judiciary</th><td class="infobox-data">Yangon Region High Court</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">10,276.7 km<sup>2</sup> (3,967.9 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_administrative_divisions_of_Burma_by_area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of administrative divisions of Burma by area (page does not exist)">14th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Aukchin_Taung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aukchin Taung (page does not exist)">Aukchin Taung</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">484 m (1,588 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2014_Burma_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Burma Census">2014 Census</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-census-2014_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7,360,703</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_administrative_divisions_of_Burma_by_population&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of administrative divisions of Burma by population (page does not exist)">1st</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">720/km<sup>2</sup> (1,900/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Yangonite</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Ethnicities</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bamar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bamar">Bamar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karen_people" title="Karen people">Kayin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rakhine_people" title="Rakhine people">Rakhine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burmese_Chinese" class="mw-redirect" title="Burmese Chinese">Chinese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burmese_Indians" title="Burmese Indians">Indians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mon_people" title="Mon people">Mon</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Religions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B6:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+6:30">UTC+6:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Myanmar_Standard_Time" title="Myanmar Standard Time">MST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">‘Area code(s)'</th><td class="infobox-data">01</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">MM</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Literacy rate (2014)</th><td class="infobox-data">96.6%<sup id="cite_ref-mip_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mip-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2017)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.641<sup id="cite_ref-GlobalDataLab_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GlobalDataLab-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFA500">medium</span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_administrative_divisions_of_Myanmar_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of administrative divisions of Myanmar by Human Development Index">1st</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://yangon.gov.mm">yangon<wbr />.gov<wbr />.mm</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Yangon Region</b><sup id="cite_ref-md_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-md-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Burmese_language" title="Burmese language">Burmese</a>: <span title="Burmese-language text"><span lang="my" style="font-style: normal;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1204105569">.mw-parser-output .script-myanmar{line-height:100%;font-family:"Noto Sans Myanmar",Pyidaungsu,"Myanmar Text",Myanmar3,Myanmar2,Myanmar1,Padauk,mm3web,TharLon,"Masterpiece Uni Sans",Parabaik,Yunghkio,Thanlwin,"Win Uni Innwa","MyMyanmar Unicode","WinUni Innwa"}</style><span class="script-myanmar">ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီး</span></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/MLC_Transcription_System" title="MLC Transcription System">MLCTS</a>: <i><span title="Transcription in Myanmar Language Commission Transcription System">rankun tuing desa. kri:</span></i>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="my-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Burmese" title="Help:IPA/Burmese">[jàɰ̃ɡòʊɰ̃<span class="wrap"> </span>táɪɰ̃<span class="wrap"> </span>dèθa̰<span class="wrap"> </span>dʑí]</a></span>; formerly <b>Rangoon Division</b> and <b>Yangon Division</b>) is an administrative region of <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a>. Located in central Myanmar, the region is bordered by <a href="/wiki/Bago_Region" title="Bago Region">Bago Region</a> to the north and east, the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Martaban" title="Gulf of Martaban">Gulf of Martaban</a> to the south, and <a href="/wiki/Ayeyarwady_Region" title="Ayeyarwady Region">Ayeyarwady Region</a> to the west. Yangon Region is dominated by its capital city of <a href="/wiki/Yangon" title="Yangon">Yangon</a>, the former national capital and the largest city in the country. Other important cities are <a href="/wiki/Thanlyin" title="Thanlyin">Thanlyin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Twante" class="mw-redirect" title="Twante">Twante</a>. The division is the most developed region of the country and the main international gateway. The division measures 10,170 km<sup>2</sup> (3,930 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-br_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-br-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yangon_Region&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region was historically populated by the <a href="/wiki/Mon_people" title="Mon people">Mon</a>. Politically, the area was controlled by <a href="/wiki/Mon_kingdoms" title="Mon kingdoms">Mon kingdoms</a> prior to 1057, and after 1057, with few exceptions, by <a href="/wiki/Bamar_people" title="Bamar people">Burman</a> kingdoms from the north. The control of the region reverted to <a href="/wiki/Bago,_Myanmar" title="Bago, Myanmar">Pegu</a>-based Mon kingdoms in the 13th to 16th centuries (1287–1539) and briefly in the 18th century (1740–57). The <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese</a> were in control of Thanlyin (Syriam) and the surrounding area from 1599 to 1613.<sup id="cite_ref-mha_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mha-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For centuries, Thanlyin was the most important port city in Lower Myanmar until the mid-18th century when King <a href="/wiki/Alaungpaya" title="Alaungpaya">Alaungpaya</a> chose to enlarge a small village across the river near the great <a href="/wiki/Shwedagon_Pagoda" title="Shwedagon Pagoda">Shwedagon Pagoda</a> named Dagon.<sup id="cite_ref-mn_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mn-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a> first captured Yangon in the <a href="/wiki/First_Anglo-Burmese_War" title="First Anglo-Burmese War">First Anglo-Burmese War</a> (1824–26) but returned it to Burmese administration after the war. The British seized Yangon and all of Lower Burma in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Anglo-Burmese_War" title="Second Anglo-Burmese War">Second Anglo-Burmese War</a> of 1852, and subsequently transformed Yangon into the commercial and political hub of British Burma. Yangon was the capital of <a href="/wiki/British_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="British Burma">British Burma</a> and Hanthawaddy Province, which covered today's Yangon and Bago divisions. The British brought in many <a href="/wiki/Non-resident_Indian_and_person_of_Indian_origin" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin">Indians</a> to serve as workers and civil servants. By the 1930s, the Indians made up half of Yangon city, and only one-third was <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Burmese</a>. </p><p>Between <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Yangon was the center of the Burmese nationalist movement. Many future Burmese political figures such as <a href="/wiki/Aung_San" title="Aung San">Aung San</a>, <a href="/wiki/U_Nu" title="U Nu">U Nu</a>, <a href="/wiki/U_Thant" title="U Thant">U Thant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ne_Win" title="Ne Win">Ne Win</a> were all one-time Rangoon University students.<sup id="cite_ref-tmu_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tmu-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yangon Region was under <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Empire">Japanese</a> occupation between April 1942 and May 1945. </p><p>After Myanmar gained independence from the United Kingdom in January 1948, the Hanthawaddy Province was renamed Pegu (Bago) Division, with Yangon as its capital. In 1964, Rangoon Division was split from Pegu Division. The capital of Pegu Division was changed from Rangoon to <a href="/wiki/Bago,_Myanmar" title="Bago, Myanmar">Pegu</a>. In June 1974, Hanthawaddy (Hongsavatoi) and <a href="/wiki/Hmawbi_Township" title="Hmawbi Township">Hmawbi</a> townships were transferred from Pegu Division to Rangoon Division.<sup id="cite_ref-md_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-md-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>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. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yangon_Region&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were only four districts in Yangon Region.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 April 2022, these districts were expanded to 14 districts by the provisional government. Of the 45, the city of Yangon now encompasses 33 townships.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gad_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gad-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-new_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-new-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yangon_Region_Districts_Map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Yangon_Region_Districts_Map.svg/220px-Yangon_Region_Districts_Map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Yangon_Region_Districts_Map.svg/330px-Yangon_Region_Districts_Map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Yangon_Region_Districts_Map.svg/440px-Yangon_Region_Districts_Map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="335" data-file-height="289" /></a><figcaption>4 districts of Yangon (<a href="/wiki/Cocokyun_Township" title="Cocokyun Township">Cocokyun Township</a> is not included) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E31A1C; color:white;"> </span> East district</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0000ff; color:white;"> </span> South district</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#33a02c; color:black;"> </span> North district</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1f78b4; color:white;"> </span> West district</div></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th>District </th> <td>Townships </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taikgyi_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Taikgyi District (page does not exist)">Taikkyi District</a> <br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taikkyi_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Taikkyi_district.svg/150px-Taikkyi_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Taikkyi_district.svg/225px-Taikkyi_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Taikkyi_district.svg/300px-Taikkyi_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="396" data-file-height="359" /></a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Taikkyi_Township" title="Taikkyi Township">Taikkyi Township</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hlegu_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hlegu District (page does not exist)">Hlegu District</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hlegu_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Hlegu_district.svg/150px-Hlegu_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Hlegu_district.svg/225px-Hlegu_district.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Htantabin_Township" title="Htantabin Township">Htantabin Township</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mingaladon_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mingaladon District (page does not exist)">Mingaladon District</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mingaladon_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Mingaladon_district.svg/150px-Mingaladon_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Mingaladon_district.svg/225px-Mingaladon_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Mingaladon_district.svg/300px-Mingaladon_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="465" /></a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mingaladon_Township" title="Mingaladon Township">Mingaladon Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Shwepyitha_Township" title="Shwepyitha Township">Shwepyitha Township</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Insein_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Insein District (page does not exist)">Insein District</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Insein_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Insein_district.svg/150px-Insein_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Insein_district.svg/225px-Insein_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Insein_district.svg/300px-Insein_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="744" /></a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Insein_Township" title="Insein Township">Insein Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Hlaingthaya_Township" title="Hlaingthaya Township">Hlaingthaya Township (East)</a> • <a href="/wiki/Hlaingthaya_Township" title="Hlaingthaya Township">Hlaingthaya Township (West)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thanlyin_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thanlyin District (page does not exist)">Thanlyin District</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thanlyin_district_with_cocokyun.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Thanlyin_district_with_cocokyun.svg/150px-Thanlyin_district_with_cocokyun.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Thanlyin_district_with_cocokyun.svg/225px-Thanlyin_district_with_cocokyun.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Thanlyin_district_with_cocokyun.svg/300px-Thanlyin_district_with_cocokyun.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="479" data-file-height="409" /></a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Thanlyin_Township" class="mw-redirect" title="Thanlyin Township">Thanlyin Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Thongwa_Township" title="Thongwa Township">Thongwa Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Kyauktan_Township" title="Kyauktan Township">Kyauktan Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Kayan_Township" title="Kayan Township">Kayan Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Cocokyun_Township" title="Cocokyun Township">Cocokyun Township</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twantay_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Twantay District (page does not exist)">Twantay District</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Twantay_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Twantay_district.svg/150px-Twantay_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Twantay_district.svg/225px-Twantay_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Twantay_district.svg/300px-Twantay_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="415" data-file-height="371" /></a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Twante_Township" title="Twante Township">Twante Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Kungyangon_Township" title="Kungyangon Township">Kungyangon Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Kawhmu_Township" title="Kawhmu Township">Kawhmu Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Seikkyi_Kanaungto_Township" title="Seikkyi Kanaungto Township">Seikkyi Kanaungto Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Dala_Township" title="Dala Township">Dala Township</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kyauktada_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kyauktada District (page does not exist)">Kyauktada District</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kyauktada_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Kyauktada_district.svg/150px-Kyauktada_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Kyauktada_district.svg/225px-Kyauktada_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Kyauktada_district.svg/300px-Kyauktada_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="719" data-file-height="605" /></a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyauktada_Township" title="Kyauktada Township">Kyauktada Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pabedan_Township" title="Pabedan Township">Pabedan Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Lanmadaw_Township" title="Lanmadaw Township">Lanmadaw Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Latha_Township" title="Latha Township">Latha Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Dagon_Township" title="Dagon Township">Dagon Township</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahlon_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahlon District (page does not exist)">Ahlon District</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ahlon_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Ahlon_district.svg/150px-Ahlon_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Ahlon_district.svg/225px-Ahlon_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Ahlon_district.svg/300px-Ahlon_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="536" data-file-height="528" /></a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ahlon_Township" title="Ahlon Township">Ahlon Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Kyeemyindaing_Township" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyeemyindaing Township">Kyeemyindaing Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Sanchaung_Township" title="Sanchaung Township">Sanchaung Township</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayangon_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mayangon District (page does not exist)">Mayangon District</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mayangon_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Mayangon_district.svg/150px-Mayangon_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Mayangon_district.svg/225px-Mayangon_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Mayangon_district.svg/300px-Mayangon_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="293" data-file-height="290" /></a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mayangon_Township" title="Mayangon Township">Mayangon Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Hlaing_Township" title="Hlaing Township">Hlaing Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/North_Okkalapa_Township" title="North Okkalapa Township">North Okkalapa Township</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thingangyun_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thingangyun District (page does not exist)">Thingangyun District</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thingangyun_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Thingangyun_district.svg/150px-Thingangyun_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Thingangyun_district.svg/225px-Thingangyun_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Thingangyun_district.svg/300px-Thingangyun_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="413" data-file-height="406" /></a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Thingangyun_Township" title="Thingangyun Township">Thingangyun Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/South_Okkalapa_Township" title="South Okkalapa Township">South Okkalapa Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Tamwe_Township" title="Tamwe Township">Tamwe Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Yankin_Township" title="Yankin Township">Yankin Township</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Botahtaung_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Botahtaung District (page does not exist)">Botahtaung District</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Botahtaung_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Botahtaung_district.svg/150px-Botahtaung_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Botahtaung_district.svg/225px-Botahtaung_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Botahtaung_district.svg/300px-Botahtaung_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="477" /></a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Botataung_Township" title="Botataung Township">Botataung Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Dawbon_Township" title="Dawbon Township">Dawbon Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Mingala_Taungnyunt_Township" title="Mingala Taungnyunt Township">Mingala Taungnyunt Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Pazundaung_Township" title="Pazundaung Township">Pazundaung Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/Thaketa_Township" title="Thaketa Township">Thaketa Township</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dagon_Myothit_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dagon Myothit District (page does not exist)">Dagon Myothit District</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dagonmyothit_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Dagonmyothit_district.svg/150px-Dagonmyothit_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Dagonmyothit_district.svg/225px-Dagonmyothit_district.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Dagonmyothit_district.svg/300px-Dagonmyothit_district.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="566" data-file-height="537" /></a></span> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dagon_Seikkan_Township" title="Dagon Seikkan Township">Dagon Seikkan Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/South_Dagon_Township" title="South Dagon Township">South Dagon Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/North_Dagon_Township" title="North Dagon Township">North Dagon Township</a> • <a href="/wiki/East_Dagon_Township" title="East Dagon Township">East Dagon Township</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kamayut_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kamayut District (page does not exist)">Kamayut District</a><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kamayut_district.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Kamayut_district.svg/150px-Kamayut_district.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Kamayut_district.svg/225px-Kamayut_district.svg.png 1.5x, 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<p><a href="/wiki/Yangon_Region_Government" title="Yangon Region Government">Yangon Region Government</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legislative">Legislative</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yangon_Region&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Legislative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Yangon_Region_Hluttaw" title="Yangon Region Hluttaw">Yangon Region Hluttaw</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Judiciary">Judiciary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yangon_Region&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Judiciary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Yangon_Region" title="High Court of Yangon Region">Yangon Region High Court</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yangon_Region&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1973 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,190,359</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1983 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">3,973,626</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+24.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2014 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">7,360,703</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+85.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left">Source: 2014 Myanmar Census<sup id="cite_ref-census-2014_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The ethnic <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Burmese</a> makes up the majority of the population. The division is also home to a large number of <a href="/wiki/Burmese_Indians" title="Burmese Indians">South Asians</a> (mainly <a href="/wiki/Indian_people" title="Indian people">Indians</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Burmese_Chinese" class="mw-redirect" title="Burmese Chinese">Burmese Chinese</a>. According to 2014 census report, the population of Yangon region is 7.36 million.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Burmese_language" title="Burmese language">Burmese</a> is the primary language used by Burmese of all ethnic backgrounds. <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> is the main <a href="/wiki/Second_language" title="Second language">second language</a> among the urban elite of Yangon.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yangon_Region&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:DeepPink; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 15915.284869129px; 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top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 157.57478599687px; border-left-color:Yellow"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Yellow"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Yellow"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Religion in Yangon Region (2014)<sup id="cite_ref-TUR_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TUR-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Yellow; color:black;"> </span> Buddhism (91%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Green; color:white;"> </span> Islam (4.7%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DodgerBlue; color:black;"> </span> Christianity (3.2%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Orange; color:black;"> </span> Hinduism (1.0%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DeepPink; color:black;"> </span> Other religion (0.1%)</div> </div> </div></div><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2014_Myanmar_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Myanmar Census">2014 Myanmar Census</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhists</a> make up 91% of Yangon Region's population, forming the largest religious community there.<sup id="cite_ref-TUR2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TUR2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Minority religious communities include <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christians</a> (3.2%), <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslims</a> (4.7%), and <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindus</a> (1%) who collectively comprise the remainder of Yangon Region's population.<sup id="cite_ref-TUR2_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TUR2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 0.1% of the population listed no religion, other religions, or were otherwise not enumerated.<sup id="cite_ref-TUR2_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TUR2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/State_Sangha_Maha_Nayaka_Committee" title="State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee">State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee</a>’s 2016 statistics, 88,442 Buddhist monks were registered in Yangon Region, comprising 16.5% of Myanmar's total <a href="/wiki/Sangha" title="Sangha">Sangha</a> membership, which includes both novice <a href="/wiki/Samanera" title="Samanera">samanera</a> and fully-ordained bhikkhu.<sup id="cite_ref-mahana_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mahana-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of monks belong to the <a href="/wiki/Thudhamma_Nikaya" title="Thudhamma Nikaya">Thudhamma Nikaya</a> (81.2%), followed by <a href="/wiki/Shwegyin_Nikaya" title="Shwegyin Nikaya">Shwegyin Nikaya</a> (13.6%), with the remainder of monks belonging to other small <a href="/wiki/Nik%C4%81ya" title="Nikāya">monastic orders</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mahana_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mahana-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 16,960 <a href="/wiki/Thilashin" title="Thilashin">thilashin</a> were registered in Yangon Region, comprising 28.1% of Myanmar's total thilashin community, the largest in Myanmar.<sup id="cite_ref-mahana_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mahana-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yangon_Region&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Yangon#Economy" title="Yangon">Yangon § Economy</a></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">national GDP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mt-_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mt--17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Greater Yangon is Lower Myanmar's main trading hub for all kinds of merchandise – from basic food stuffs to used cars. <a href="/wiki/Bayinnaung_Market" title="Bayinnaung Market">Bayinnaung Market</a> is the largest wholesale center in the country for <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beans" class="mw-redirect" title="Beans">beans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pulses" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulses">pulses</a>, and other <a href="/wiki/Agricultural" class="mw-redirect" title="Agricultural">agricultural</a> <a href="/wiki/Commodities" class="mw-redirect" title="Commodities">commodities</a>. Much of the country's legal imports and exports go through Thanlyin's <a href="/wiki/Thilawa_port" class="mw-redirect" title="Thilawa port">Thilawa port</a>, the largest and busiest port in Myanmar. At least 14 light <a href="/wiki/Industrial_park" title="Industrial park">industrial zones</a> ring Yangon,<sup id="cite_ref-iz_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iz-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> employing thousands of workers. Outside Greater Yangon, rice farming remains predominant. Other important crops include jute, pulses, rubber, sugarcane, and groundnut.<sup id="cite_ref-br_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-br-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yangon_Region&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Yangon#Transport" title="Yangon">Yangon § Transport</a></div> <p>Yangon Region has the best transportation infrastructure in the country. All transport to and from the rest of the country (and the world) goes through Yangon. Five "highways" link Yangon to the rest of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-ngamoeyeik_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ngamoeyeik-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (To be sure, the definition of highway is loosely used. Most highways are no more than two lane roads.) <a href="/wiki/Yangon_International_Airport" title="Yangon International Airport">Yangon International Airport</a> is the main international gateway of the country. <a href="/wiki/Yangon_Central_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Yangon Central Railway Station">Yangon Central Railway Station</a> is a major hub of the 5,068-kilometre (3,149 mi) <a href="/wiki/Myanmar_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Myanmar Railways">Myanmar Railways</a> system. <a href="/wiki/Twante_Canal" title="Twante Canal">Twante Canal</a>, which links Yangon to Ayeyarwady Region, is also widely used for both transport and commerce. </p><p>As motor transportation is highly expensive for most people, buses are the main mode of transportation within the division or regions nearby. In January 2008, Yangon Region had nearly 182,000 motor vehicles, 17.7% of the country's total.<sup id="cite_ref-uncrd_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uncrd-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yangon_Region&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Yangon_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="List of universities in Yangon Division">List of universities in Yangon Division</a></div> <p>Although the city of Yangon has the best education facilities in the country, the educational facilities and opportunities available in the rest of Yangon Region are extremely poor. Many students in rural and poor districts do not finish middle school. According to official statistics, only about 23% of primary school students make it to high school.<sup id="cite_ref-cso-edu_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso-edu-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most students are enrolled in the public school system. Private schools, which cost at least $8,000 a year in tuition per student, are strictly the preserve of the elite.<sup id="cite_ref-st_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="100">AY 2002-2003 </th> <th width="100">Primary </th> <th width="100">Middle </th> <th width="100">High </th></tr> <tr> <td>Schools </td> <td>2,245 </td> <td>240 </td> <td>158 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Teachers </td> <td>15,600 </td> <td>10,100 </td> <td>3600 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Students </td> <td>540,000 </td> <td>302,000 </td> <td>123,000 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Nearly all of the division's universities are in Greater Yangon. <a href="/wiki/Dagon_University" title="Dagon University">Dagon University</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Dagon_Township" title="North Dagon Township">North Dagon</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_East_Yangon" class="mw-redirect" title="University of East Yangon">University of East Yangon</a> in Thanlyin are among the largest undergraduate universities in the country. Yangon's <a href="/wiki/University_of_Medicine_1,_Yangon" title="University of Medicine 1, Yangon">University of Medicine 1, Yangon</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Medicine_2,_Yangon" title="University of Medicine 2, Yangon">University of Medicine 2, Yangon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yangon_Technological_University" title="Yangon Technological University">Yangon Technological University</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Computer_Studies,_Yangon" title="University of Computer Studies, Yangon">University of Computer Studies, Yangon</a> and Thanlyin's <a href="/wiki/Myanmar_Maritime_University" title="Myanmar Maritime University">Myanmar Maritime University</a> are among the most selective universities in Myanmar.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_West_Yangon" title="University of West Yangon">University of West Yangon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Htantabin_township" class="mw-redirect" title="Htantabin township">Htantabin</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Officer_training" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer training">Officers Training School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hmawbi" class="mw-redirect" title="Hmawbi">Hmawbi</a> are two major institutions of higher education outside Greater Yangon. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Health_care">Health care</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yangon_Region&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Yangon" title="List of hospitals in Yangon">List of hospitals in Yangon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yangon_General_Hospital" title="Yangon General Hospital">Yangon General Hospital</a></div> <p>The general state of health care in Myanmar is poor. The military government spends anywhere from 0.5% to 3% of the country's GDP on health care, consistently ranking among the lowest in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although health care is nominally free, in reality, patients have to pay for medicine and treatment, even in public clinics and hospitals. Public hospitals lack many of the basic facilities and equipment. Still, Yangon Region has the best medical facilities and personnel available in the country. The following is a summary of the public health system in the division, in the fiscal year 2002-2003.<sup id="cite_ref-cso-hosp_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso-hosp-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="300">2002–2003 </th> <th width="100"># Hospitals </th> <th width="100"># Beds </th></tr> <tr> <td>Specialist hospitals </td> <td>9 </td> <td>3,800 </td></tr> <tr> <td>General hospitals with specialist services </td> <td>8 </td> <td>3,220 </td></tr> <tr> <td>General hospitals </td> <td>26 </td> <td>1,055 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Health clinics </td> <td>24 </td> <td>384 </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>67</b> </td> <td><b>8,459</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yangon_Region&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-census-2014-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-census-2014_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-census-2014_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B067GBtstE5TeUlIVjRjSjVzWlk/view"><i>Census Report</i></a>. 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