Bagan

This article is about a city in Myanmar. For other uses, see Bagan (disambiguation).

Bagan ပုဂံ Pagan
Temples and pagodas in Bagan
Bagan Location of Bagan, Myanmar
Coordinates: 21°10′21″N 94°51′36″E
Country	Myanmar
Region	Mandalay Region
Founded	mid-to-late 9th century
Area
• Total	104 km2 (40 sq mi)
Population
• Ethnicities	Bamar people
• Religions	Theravada Buddhism
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)
Website
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Bagan
Location	Mandalay Region, Myanmar
Criteria	Cultural: iii, iv, vi
Reference	1588
Inscription	2019 (43rd Session)
Area	5,005.49 ha (12,368.8 acres)
Buffer zone	18,146.83 ha (44,841.8 acres)

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Bagan (/bəˈɡæn/ bə-GAN; Burmese: ပုဂံ Băgam [bəɡàɰ̃]; formerly Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that would later constitute Myanmar. During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, more than 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2,200 temples and pagodas survive.

The Bagan Archaeological Zone is a main attraction for the country's nascent tourism industry.