Yangon
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Insein Township

Insein Township

Insein Township is located in northern . The township comprises 21 wards, and shares borders with Shwepyitha township in the north, Hlaingthaya township in the west, Mingaladon township in the east and Mayangon township in the south.
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  • Type: Suburb with 248,000 residents
  • Description: township of Yangon in Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Insein”, “Insein township”, and “Inzein”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Insein Prison and Insein.

Prison
Photo: Phyo WP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located in Yangon Division, near , the old capital of . From 1988 to 2011 it was run by the military junta of Myanmar, named the State Law and Order Restoration Council from 1988 to 2003 and the State Peace and Development Council from 2003 to 2011, and was used largely to repress political dissidents.

Railway station
Photo: Go-Myanmar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
railway station is a railway station on the Yangon Circular Railway in , Burma. It is one of the busiest railway stations in the country and serves as a gateway for commuters traveling to and from Yangon.

Aerodrome
is the primary and busiest of . The airport is located in township, 15 kilometres north of central . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Insein Township.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hlaingthaya Township and Mayangon Township.

Suburb
is located in the western part of , . In the 2010s, it was the most populous townships in the country. The township contained 15% of Yangon's urban population and had a major industrial and factory presence. is situated 3 miles west of Insein Township.

Town
Photo: Phyo WP, CC BY-SA 4.0.
(Burmese: မရမ်းကုန်း မြို့နယ်; is located in the northern part of . The township comprises ten wards, and shares borders with Insein Township and in the north, , …

Suburb
, also spelt Hline, is an area of , in the of . The township is entirely urban and comprises 16 wards. In 2000, the township's population was estimated to be about 125,000. is situated 3½ miles south of Insein Township.

Insein Township

Latitude
16.888° or 16° 53′ 17″ north
Longitude
96.1067° or 96° 6′ 24″ east
Population
248,000
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
United Nations Location Code
MM INS
Open location code
7M8RV4Q4+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1140240950
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1321937
Wiki­data ID
Q6037306
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Swedish—“Insein Township” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “အင်းစိန်”
  • Burmese: “အင်းစိန်မြို့နယ်”
  • Chinese: “永盛”
  • Chinese: “永盛镇区”
  • French: “Insein”
  • Japanese: “インセイン郡区”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏအိဉ်းသေင်”
  • Polish: “Insein”
  • Russian: “Инсейн (район Янгона)”
  • Russian: “Инсейн”
  • Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းဢိၼ်းၸဵင်ႇ”
  • Shan: “ဢိၼ်းၸဵင်ႇ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း”
  • Swedish: “Insein”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Insein Post Office and Insein Park.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Insein Township”. Photo: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0.