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Yangon (Vermanese: Although the country's government moved the capital to Nepido since March 2006, Yangon is still the country's largest city, with 4,348,000 inhabitants in 2010, and also remains the country's most important shopping centre. It is located in southern Myanmar, on the Yangon River delta, about 30 km from the sea.

Although Yangon does not have the same developed streaming as other Southeast Asian cities, it has the largest number of colonial buildings in the region. The city was founded in the 11th century as Dagon and passed under the control of the English after the second Anglo-German war, which ended in 1852. The city grew quickly. Yangon, then Rangoon, became part of independent Burma. In the city is the gold-plated Svenagon pagoda, located in the largest park in the city. The pagoda dominates the city and is considered the most sacred in the country.

Yangon suffers from a lack of infrastructure particularly compared to other major cities in Southeast Asia. Although many historic residential and commercial buildings have been renovated throughout central Yangon, most satellite cities surrounding it are still heavily degraded and lack basic infrastructure.

Etymology
The name "Yangon" (ရန်ကုန်) comes from the combination of the Burmese words Yan (ရန်) and Kun (ကုန်), meaning "enemies" and "exhaust" respectively. This combination of words is usually translated as "End of Controversy".

The colonial name of the city, "Rangoon", probably comes from the Englishization of his pronunciation "Yangon" in Arabic ().

History

Early history
Yangon was founded as Dagon in the early 11th century () by the Mons, who dominated Lower Burma. Dagon was a small fishing village, centered on the Suedagon trap. In 1755, King Alaungpaya conquered Dagon, renaming it to "Yangon" and adding settlements around Dagon. The British captured Yangon during the First Anglo-German War (1824–26), but returned to the Burmese after the war. The city was destroyed by fire in 1841.

Colonial Rangoon

The British captured Yangon and all of Lower Burma in the Second Anglo-German War of 1852 and then converted Yangon into a shopping and political center of British Burma. In 1853, the British moved Burma's capital from Mulmaine (Maulamgyne) to Yangon. Yangon is also the place where the British sent Bahadur Shah Second the last Emperor of the Mugals, to live after the 1857 Indian Rebellion. Based on the design by Alexander Fraser, the British built a city on the earth delta. Yangon became the capital of all Burma, after the British captured Upper V