| LC control no. | n 80053296 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Rangoon (Burma) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Burma--Rangoon |
| Variant(s) | Rangoon Yankon (Burma) Yangon (Burma) Ranʻkunʻ (Burma) Dagon (Burma) |
| Associated country | Burma |
| Found in | Col. Lipp. gaz. (Rangoon) Htun Thein. Mingala thok ... 1940 (Yankon) Builʻ khyupʻ Cā kraññʹ tuikʻ (Rangoon, Burma). Phvaiʹ caññʻʺ ʼaupʻ khyupʻ puṃ ... 1950: p. 4 of cover (Ranʻkunʻ) New York times, June 24, 1989: p. 5 (per Burmese Radio, the govt. has changed the name of the capital from Rangoon to Yangon) BGN req., 6-29-89, 12-20-89 (Rangoon; ppl.; 16°47ʹN, 96°10ʹE; variants: Yangôn, Dagon) GEOnet, September 12, 2015 (Rangoon (conventional); Yangon (approved); Dagon (variant); capital of a political entity; Burma, first-order administrative division: Yangon; 16°48ʹ19ʺN, 096°09ʹ22ʺE (16.805278, 96.156111)) Britannica online, September 12, 2015 (under Nay Pyi Taw: In 2004 construction of Nay Pyi Taw began on an isolated site near the city of Pyinmana, some 200 miles (320 km) north of the then capital city of Yangon (formerly Rangoon); proclaimed the capital in March 2006) <http://www.britannica.com/place/Nay-Pyi-Taw> Wikipedia, September 12, 2015 (Yangon (also known as Rangoon) is a former capital of Myanmar (Burma) and the capital of Yangon Region; in November 2005, the military government designated Naypyidaw, 320 kilometres (199 mi) north of Yangon, as the new administrative capital, and subsequently moved much of the government to the newly developed city; 16°51ʹN 96°11ʹE) |
| Geographic area code | a-br--- |
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