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Hlaingthaya Township

Hlaingthaya Township 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.
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  • Type: Suburb with 688,000 residents
  • Description: former township of Yangon in Burma, which split into East and West
  • Also known as: “Hlaing Thar Yar”, “Hlaing Thar Yar Township”, “Hlaing Tharyar”, “Hlaing Tharyar Township”, “Hlaingtharya Township”, “Hlaingthaya”, and “Hlinethaya Township”

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Insein Township and Mayangon Township.

Suburb
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. is situated 3 miles east of Hlaingthaya 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 and in the north, , … is situated 3½ miles east of Hlaingthaya Township.

Suburb
is located in the northwestern part of , . The township comprises 27 wards and 3 village tracts, and shares borders with to the north, to the east, the Yangon river to the west, and to the south. is situated 5 miles north of Hlaingthaya Township.

Hlaingthaya Township

Latitude
16.8764° or 16° 52′ 35″ north
Longitude
96.0633° or 96° 3′ 48″ east
Population
688,000
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
7M8RV3G7+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1140244835
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8740157
Wiki­data ID
Q5873484
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Swedish—“Hlaingthaya Township” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “လှိုင်သာယာ မြို့နယ်”
  • Burmese: “လှိုင်သာယာ”
  • Burmese: “လှိုင်သာယာမြို့နယ်”
  • Chinese: “莱达雅”
  • Chinese: “萊達雅鎮區”
  • Japanese: “ラインタヤ郡区”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏလုဲင်တာယာ”
  • Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းလႅင်ႇတႃႇယႃႇ”
  • Shan: “လႅင်ႇတႃႇယႃႇ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း”
  • Swedish: “Hlaingtharya”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as No (8) Ward and No (6) Ward.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hlaingtharyar Township Hospital and Hlaing Thar Yar Town Hall.

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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 “Hlaingthaya Township”. Photo: calflier001, CC BY-SA 2.0.