On November 6, 2005 at 6:37 am the junta decided to move Burma’s capital from Yangon to Naypyidaw…based on advice from astrologers. A few days later on November 11, 11 governmental departments, 11 military units, and 1,100 military trucks made the 300 km journey to their new middle of nowhere capital. Thousands of government officials were forced to uproot their lives and live in this enormous and empty city.
Pierre Cattan, producer of the web documentary Happy World and Maria Concetta Sangrigoli, architect and urban planner, invite you to discover this “big brother” city through infographics.
Previously, on Naypyidaw
Why transfer the capital?
So why would they move the capital?
An oversized city
A city organized in zones
Illustrations: Jerome Goncalves and Antoine Errasti
This article was originally published on the web documentary Happy World
Find the rest of our Burma investigation on Owni.eu:
Happy world: The absurd dictatorship in Burma
The Burma connection: an Internet too civilized
[APP] Discovering the Burmese voices of dissent
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