National Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens | |
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ကန်တော်ကြီး အမျိုးသား ရုက္ခဗေဒ ဥယျာဉ် | |
Type | Urban park |
Location | Pyinoolwin |
Area | 437 acres (177 ha) |
Created | 1915 |
Operated by | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation |
Status | Open all year |
The National Kandawgyi Botanical Gardens (Burmese: ကန်တော်ကြီး အမျိုးသား ရုက္ခဗေဒ ဥယျာဉ်; formerly National Botanical Gardens) is a 177 hectare botanical garden located in the Alpine town of Pyin U Lwin (formerly Maymyo), Burma, situated at an elevation of 1000 metres (3,605 ft) and 69 km (43 mi) by road from Mandalay.[1] The current official name is National Kandawgyi Garden.