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| native_name_lang = my | translit_lang1 = Myanma | translit_lang1_type = Burmese | translit_lang1_info = | settlement_type = Region | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Mm yangon.svg | flag_alt = Official flag of Yangon Region | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Yangon Region in Myanmar.svg | mapsize = 200px | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Yangon Region in Myanmar | latd = 17|latm = 0|lats = |latNS = N | longd = 96|longm = 10|longs = |longEW = E | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_type = region:MM_type:adm1st | coordinates_display = inline,title | coordinates_footnotes = | coordinates_region = MM | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Lower Myanmar | established_title = | established_date = | seat_type = Capital | seat = Yangon | government_footnotes = | leader_party = USDP | leader_title = Chief Minister | leader_name = Myint Swe | leader_title2 = Legislature | leader_name2 = Yangon Region Hluttaw | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 10276.7 | area_note = | area_rank = 14th | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 7,360,703 | population_as_of = 2014 Census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | population_rank = 1st | demographics_type1 = Demographics | demographics1_footnotes = | demographics1_title1 = Ethnicities | demographics1_info1 = Bamar, Kayin, Chinese, Indians, Mon | demographics1_title2 = Religions | demographics1_info2 = Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam | timezone1 = MST | utc_offset1 = +06:30 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = MM-06 | website = | footnotes = | blank_name_sec1 = Literacy rate (2014) | blank_info_sec1 = 96.6% }} Yangon Region (, ; formerly Rangoon Division and Yangon Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar. Located in the heart of Lower Myanmar, the division is bordered by Bago Region to the north and east, the Gulf of Martaban to the south, and Ayeyarwady Region to the west. Yangon Region is dominated by its capital city of Yangon, the former national capital and the largest city in the country. Other important cities are Thanlyin and Twante. The division is the most developed region of the country and the main international gateway. The division measures .〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Yangon Division )〕 ==History== The region was historically populated by the Mon. Politically, the area was controlled by Mon kingdoms prior to 1057, and after 1057, with few exceptions, by Burman kingdoms from the north. The control of the region reverted to Bago-based Mon kingdoms in the 13th to 16th centuries (1287–1539) and briefly in the 18th century (1740–1757). The Portuguese were in control of Thanlyin (Syriam) and the surrounding area from 1599 to 1613. For centuries, Thanlyin was the most important port city in Lower Myanmar until the mid-18th century when King Alaungpaya chose to enlarge a small village across the river near the great Shwedagon Pagoda named Dagon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=History of Yangon )〕 The British first captured Yangon in the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826) but returned it Burmese administration after the war. The British seized Yangon and all of Lower Burma in the Second Anglo-Burmese War of 1852, and subsequently transformed Yangon into the commercial and political hub of British Burma. Yangon was the capital of British Burma and Hanthawaddy Province, which covered today's Yangon and Bago divisions. The British brought in many Indians to serve as workers and civil servants. By the 1930s, the Indians made up half of Yangon city, and only one third was Bamar (Burman). Between World War I and World War II, Yangon was the center of Burmese nationalist movement. Many future Burmese political figures such as Aung San, U Nu, U Thant and Ne Win were all one-time Rangoon University students. Yangon Region was under Japanese occupation between April 1942 and May 1945. After Myanmar gained independence from the United Kingdom in January 1948, the Hanthawaddy Province was renamed Pegu (Bago) Division, with Yangon as its capital. In 1964, Yangon Division was split from Bago Division. The capital of Bago Division was changed from Yangon to Bago. In June 1974, Hanthawaddy and Hmawbi townships were transferred from Bago Division to Yangon Division.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Myanmar Divisions )〕 Post-war Yangon grew tremendously. Successive Burmese governments built satellite towns near Yangon. Today, Yangon Region is essentially the Greater Yangon metropolitan area surrounded by a hollow rural hinterland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yangon Region」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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