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Myanmar's capital area doubled in 8 years, XINHUA.
(From Worldsources (English))
Byline: FISNIK ABRASHI
URL: http://www.xinhua.org
YANGON, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The municipal area of Myanmar's capital of Yangon has been expanding in a fast rate, doubling in the past eight years, a local news journal reported Monday.
Expanding to the east, Yangon's municipal area has increased to 686 square km this year from 344 sq-km in 1996 with the population having grown to 5.8 million this year from 5.56 million in 2000, the Myanmar Times quoted the Yangon City Development Committee ...
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