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'''Rangoon''', in what was formerly known as Lower [[Burma]], was the capital of British Burma from 1885 and a separate district in Pegu Division during the British period. It was also the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=13&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_032.gif Hanthawaddy District].
*[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=339&view=alpha Yangon [Anglican Archdiocese<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Anglican Communion. Retrieved 28 October 2014
*[http://www.yangonarchdiocese.org Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon]. Retrieved 28 October 2014
===Historical books online===
*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282/#page/179/mode/1up "Rangoon"] page 145 ''Wanderings in Burma'' by George W Bird 1897 “South East Asia Visions” Cornell University with
**[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282/#page/177/mode/1up Map of Rangoon Town and Suburbs]
== References ==