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Bagan ( ; ; formerly Pagan) is an ancient 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 2200 temples and pagodas survive.
Bagan is an ancient city in Myanmar that served as the capital of the Pagan Kingdom from the 9th to 13th centuries, making it the first kingdom to unify the regions that would become modern Myanmar. The city is renowned for the thousands of Buddhist temples and pagodas built during its peak period, with over 2,200 temple remains still standing today, and it is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Key facts
- Settlement.native_name
- ပုဂံ
- Settlement.official_name
- Bagan
- Settlement.other_name
- Pagan
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- right
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- Burma
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- Location of Bagan, Myanmar
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- Bagan, Burma.jpg
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- Temples and pagodas in Bagan
- Settlement.established_date
- mid-to-late 9th century
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- Founded
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Myanmar
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- Region
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- Mandalay Region
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- 104
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- Bamar people
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- Ethnicities
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- Theravada Buddhism
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Central Myanmar
- Country
- Myanmar
- Located in
- Pagan kingdom
- Population
- 22000
- Area
- 18146.83
- Time zone
- Myanmar Standard Time
- Capital of
- Pagan kingdom
- Image
- Bagan, Myanmar, Htilominlo Temple and other Buddhist stupas in Bagan plain.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bagan
- topic's main category
- Category:Bagan
- Commons gallery
- Bagan
- different from
- Bagan
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- inception
- 0200-00-00
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