Kyandaw Cemetery (Burmese: ကြံတောသုသာန်), located in Kamayut Township, was Yangon's largest cemetery before it was demolished between 1996 and 1997 for redevelopment as the Yangon Drugs Elimination Museum.
[2] Descendants of the interred were given one month's notice to move the remains for reburial in Yangon's outskirts, at Yayway Cemetery and at Hteinbin Cemetery in Hlaingthaya Township.
[3] Kyandaw Cemetery occupied a 50 acres (20 ha) expanse of land about .5 miles (0.80 km) away from Yangon University.
[5] The Hindu section of the cemetery covered 1.6 hectares (4.0 acres).
[6] In 1994, the army moved the remains of the interred from Tamwe Cemetery to Kyandaw to build a supermarket.