Claim: Yangon is Myanmar's is its most important commercial center and it is a cultured place.
Evidence: With over 7 million people , Yangon is Myanmar 's largest city and is its most important commercial centre.
In the 9th century , the Bamar people entered the upper Irrawaddy valley and , following the establishment of the Pagan Kingdom in the 1050s , the Burmese language , culture and Theravada Buddhism slowly became dominant in the country.