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Yangon

Myanmar

Watercolour of Yangon, Myanmar. Centered around Shwedagon Pagoda with its 99-meter gold-plated stupa, Kandawgyi Lake with Karaweik Hall, and historic colonial British architecture. Featuring Shwedagon Pagoda and Kandawgyi Lake.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Shwedagon Pagoda; Kandawgyi Lake; City Hall; Sule Pagoda; traditional Burmese wooden architecture; tropical lower Myanmar flora
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the landscape toward the signature landmarks of Yangon, showing regional foliage and foreground textures, the iconic architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the distant horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in giant rain trees (koko) forming shady canopies, royal palms, and blooming frangipani.
Population4,477,638Wikidata: 5,209,541
Coordinates16.81°N, 96.16°E
Elevation15 m
Area576 km²
Time zoneAsia/YangonUTC+6:30
Solar noon12:05clock runs 0.1 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Yangon and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Paracas, Peru — 875 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

Nay Pyi TawMM327 km
MandalayMM574 km
BangkokTH577 km
VientianeLA695 km
ChattogramBD764 km
ComillaBD903 km
KhulnaBD960 km
DhakaBD974 km

Twinned cities

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