Rangoon, British Burma

GPTKB entity

Statements (60)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:administrativeDivision gptkb:Rangoon_Division
gptkbp:area over 200 square miles (historical)
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Myanmar
gptkb:British_Burma
Burma
gptkbp:climate tropical monsoon
gptkbp:currentName Yangon
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Indians
Bamar
Karen
gptkbp:historicalEvent Japanese occupation (1942–1945)
Allied recapture (1945)
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:British_rule_(1824–1948)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rangoon, British Burma
gptkbp:language gptkb:Chinese
gptkb:Hindi
Burmese
English
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Myanmar
gptkb:British_Burma
Burma
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:Yangon_River
gptkbp:majorCity true
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:High_Court_Building
gptkb:Strand_Hotel
gptkb:Yangon_City_Hall
gptkb:Secretariat_Building
gptkb:St._Mary's_Cathedral
gptkb:Sule_Pagoda
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Anti-Indian_riots_(1930s)
gptkb:Independence_of_Burma_(1948)
gptkb:Student_protests_(1936,_1938)
World War II battles
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:University_of_Rangoon
gptkb:Rangoon_Circular_Railway
gptkb:Rangoon_General_Hospital
gptkb:Rangoon_Railway_Station
gptkb:Rangoon_Zoo
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:Shwedagon_Pagoda
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Aung_San_Suu_Kyi
gptkb:Aung_San
gptkb:U_Thant
gptkb:U_Nu
gptkb:Ba_Maw
gptkb:General_Ne_Win
gptkb:Thakin_Kodaw_Hmaing
gptkbp:population over 1 million (by 1948)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:MMT_(Myanmar_Time)
gptkbp:transportation buses
railways
port shipping
tramways (historical)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Donald_Michie
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4