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Bagan

Ancient city in Myanmar

Citytownship of Myanmar archaeological site ancient cityQ29317

Also known as Pagan

Country: Myanmar
Located in: Mandalay Region(since 1862)
, Pagan kingdom(1044–1287)
Population: 22,000
Area: 104 km²
, 5,005.49 ha
, 18,146.83 ha
Founded: 2nd century

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Bagan is a medieval city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would later constitute Myanmar. During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, more than 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2,300 temples and pagodas survive.

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Different from: Bagan
Part of: Central Myanmar
Heritage designation: World Heritage Site(since 2019) world heritage criteria: (iii), (iv) · official name: Bagan, Bagan
Tentative World Heritage Site(1996–2019) official name: Bagan · world heritage criteria: (i), (ii)
World Heritage criteria: (iii)
(iv)
(vi)
Capital of: Pagan kingdom

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