Zona de identificação
Tipo de entidade
Pessoa coletiva
Forma autorizada do nome
Yangon Zoological Gardens
Forma(s) paralela(s) de nome
Formas normalizadas do nome de acordo com outras regras
Outra(s) forma(s) de nome
- Yangon Zoo
- Victoria Memorial Park and Zoological Gardens
- Rangoon Zoological Gardens and Parks
identificadores para entidades coletivas
Área de descrição
Datas de existência
1906-
Histórico
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