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Myanmar's government moved to the new city in 2005 with almost no advance notice. The figure is taken from Food and Agriculture Organization, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Naypyidaw was built from scratch in secret

Myanmar's government moved to the new city in 2005 with almost no advance notice The site lies in a dry plain near Pyinmana, roughly 320 kilometres north of the old capital, Yangon. Its layout has wide multi-lane roads that carry very little traffic, and districts are separated by empty land. Officials said at the time that the move made administration more central and secure. It sits in Mondo's world geography collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Myanmar's government moved to the new city in 2005 with almost no advance notice. The figure is taken from Food and Agriculture Organization, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.