Botataung Township

Botataung Township is an area of , . Named after the Botahtaung Pagoda, the township consists of ten wards, and shares boundaries with in the north and east, and Yangon River in the south, in the west and Mingala Taungnyunt township in the north.
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  • Type: Suburb with 36,600 residents
  • Description: township of Yangon in Yangon Region, Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Botahtaung”, “Botahtaung township”, and “Botataung”

Places of Interest

Highlights include East Yangon General Hospital and Botahtaung Pagoda.

Hospital
Photo: Sky89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a public general hospital located in Botataung township, , . It consists of a medical ward, a surgical ward, a pediatrics ward, an obstetrics and gynecology ward, an eye ward, and an ENT ward.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Jasoneppink, CC BY 2.0.
The Botataung Kyaik De Att Pagoda is a famous pagoda located in downtown , , near the Yangon river. The pagoda was first built by the Mon people around the same time as the Shwedagon Pagoda—according to local belief, over 2,500 years ago, and was known as Kyaik-de-att in Mon language.

Bridge
Photo: Sky89, Public domain.
is a major bridge in , , built by Myat Bhone Khat. It is named after Burmese general Maha Bandula, and crosses just east of central business district.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dawbon Township and Kyauktada Township.

Suburb
is located in the southeastern part of , . The township comprises 14 wards, and shares borders with Thingangyun township in the north, Mingala Taungnyunt township in the west, Thaketa township in the east, and Pazundaung township in the south across the .

Suburb
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
is the center of downtown , . The township consists of nine wards, and shares borders with Botataung Township in the east, and Yangon River in the south, in the west and in the north.

Suburb
is a township of , Myanmar. Located in the east-central part of the city, the township consists of 20 wards, and shares borders with in the west, Bahan township in the north, Botataung Township in the south, in the southwest, and the and in the east.

Botataung Township

Latitude
16.77145° or 16° 46′ 17″ north
Longitude
96.17837° or 96° 10′ 42″ east
Population
36,600
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
7M8RQ5CH+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3533081981
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1327995
Wiki­data ID
Q4948534
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Satellite Map

Discover Botataung Township from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Swedish—“Botataung Township” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ဗိုလ်တထောင်”
  • Burmese: “ဗိုလ်တထောင်မြို့နယ်”
  • Chinese: “波达通”
  • Chinese: “波达通镇区”
  • French: “canton de Botataung”
  • French: “Canton de Botataung”
  • French: “township de Botataung”
  • Japanese: “ボタタウン郡区”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏဗိုလ်တထောင်”
  • Polish: “Botahtaung”
  • Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းပူဝ်ႇတထွင်ႇ”
  • Shan: “ပူဝ်ႇတထွင်ႇ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း”
  • Swedish: “Botahtaung”

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