Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Yangon Zoological Gardens
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Yangon Zoo
- Victoria Memorial Park and Zoological Gardens
- Rangoon Zoological Gardens and Parks
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1906-
History
The Yangon Zoo is the oldest and the second largest zoo in Myanmar. The first collection of wild animals in Yangon began in 1882 in connection with Phayre's Museum, then situated at the present site of Yangon General Hospital. The zoological gardens was formally opened as the Victoria Memorial Park and Zoological Gardens in honour of Queen Victoria. In 1951, the then Burmese government changed the name to Rangoon Zoological Gardens and Parks