Área de identidad
Tipo de entidad
Entidad colectiva
Forma autorizada del nombre
Yangon Zoological Gardens
Forma(s) paralela(s) de nombre
Forma(s) normalizada del nombre, de acuerdo a otras reglas
Otra(s) forma(s) de nombre
- Yangon Zoo
- Victoria Memorial Park and Zoological Gardens
- Rangoon Zoological Gardens and Parks
Identificadores para instituciones
Área de descripción
Fechas de existencia
1906-
Historia
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