Yadanabon Market
Coordinates | 21°58′17″N 96°05′15″E / 21.971422°N 96.087434°ECoordinates: 21°58′17″N 96°05′15″E / 21.971422°N 96.087434°E |
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Address | Mandalay, Myanmar |
Yadanabon Market (Burmese: ရတနာပုံဈေး) is Mandalay's second largest market, located between 77th and 33nd and 34rd streets, near the Mandalay Central Railway Station.[1][2] The market is now located beside the Diamond Plaza.
The market was previously housed on the ground floor of a five storey complex called Skywalk Shopping Mall, which included a shopping mall on the first floor, and restaurants and offices of the Trading Association and MICT Park on the second floor.[1][2] The shopping mall had been built in 2003.[3]
A major fire destroyed Yadanabon Market in February 2008.[2] The fire blazed for more than 13 hours, destroying over 1,558 shops and injuring 21 people.[4]
In 2009, It was reconstructed as Diamond Plaza and Yadanabon Market.
See also
References
- 1 2 Aye Lae (25 March 2008). "Fire in Mandalay Market". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Huge fire rages major market in Myanmar second largest city". Xinhua. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ "Fire broke out at Mandalay's Yadanpon Market". Mizzima. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ "Massive Mandalay market fire destroys 1,500 shops". Reuters. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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