Naypyidaw

Naypyidaw, the capital city of Myanmar, was constructed on undeveloped land between 2002 and 2012. It became the capital in 2006, replacing Yangon as a more centrally located and less congested location for government offices. The city is divided into a number of zones, including military, diplomatic, ministry, hotel and residential, with about 924,000 inhabitants.

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