Bagan
ancient city in Myanmar
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Summary
Bagan is a township of Myanmar[1]. Bagan ranks in the top 0.38% of township of myanmar entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,709 views/month, #1 of 262).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mandalay Region[3]
- Country: Myanmar[4]
- Instance of: archaeological site[5], ancient city[6]
- Part of: Central Myanmar[7]
- Commons category: Bagan[8]
- Inception: 200[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bagan[10]
- Commons gallery: Bagan[11]
- Population: 22,000[12]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[14], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[15], History of Song[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Otto's encyclopedia[18]
- Capital of: Pagan kingdom[19]
- Heritage designation: World Heritage Site[20]
- Different from: Bagan[21]
- Area: 104.0 km²[22], 5005.49 ha[23], 18146.83 ha[24]
- World Heritage criteria: (iii)[25], (iv)[26], (vi)[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Bagan[29]
- P14541: 3MGJdk[30], 2gUNyd[31], 46ropm[32], 44bSQX[33]
Why It Matters
Bagan has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Bagan is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]