Yadanabon Market

Yadanabon Market
Coordinates 21°58′17″N 96°05′15″E / 21.971422°N 96.087434°E / 21.971422; 96.087434Coordinates: 21°58′17″N 96°05′15″E / 21.971422°N 96.087434°E / 21.971422; 96.087434
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.

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References

  1. 1 2 Aye Lae (25 March 2008). "Fire in Mandalay Market". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Huge fire rages major market in Myanmar second largest city". Xinhua. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. "Fire broke out at Mandalay's Yadanpon Market". Mizzima. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  4. "Massive Mandalay market fire destroys 1,500 shops". Reuters. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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