Pazundaung Township
Pazundaung Township is a township located in the southeastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township consists of ten wards, and shares borders with Botataung Township in the west and the south, Mingala Taungnyunt Township in the northwest, Thaketa Township in the north and the Pazundaung Creek in the east.Photo: Sky89, Public domain.
- Type: Locality with 46,700 residents
- Description: township of Yangon in Myanmar
- Also known as: “Pazundaung township”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sule Pagoda and Shwedagon Paya.
Sule Pagoda
Buddhist temple
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sule Pagoda is a Burmese Buddhist stupa located in the heart of downtown Yangon, occupying the centre of the city and an important space in contemporary Burmese politics, ideology and geography.
Shwedagon Paya
Buddhist temple
The Shwedagon Pagoda, officially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw, and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar. Shwedagon Paya is situated 2 miles northwest of Pazundaung Township.
Yangon Zoological Gardens
Zoo
Photo: Phyo WP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Yangon Zoo is the oldest and the second largest zoo in Myanmar. Located immediately north of downtown Yangon near Kandawgyi Lake, the 70-acre recreational park also includes a museum of natural history, an aquarium and an amusement park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yangon and Thaketa Township.
Yangon
Photo: Thettin684, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yangon, formerly known in English as Rangoon, is the largest city in Myanmar and was the capital of the country until it was replaced by Naypyidaw in 2005.
Thaketa Township
Suburb
Thaketa Township is located in the eastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 19 wards, and shares borders with Thingangyun Township in the north and west, the Bago River in the east, and Dawbon Township in the south. Thaketa Township is situated 2½ miles northeast of Pazundaung Township.
Tamwe Township
Suburb
Tamwe Township is located in east central Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 20 wards, and shares borders with Yankin Township in the north, Thingangyun Township and Mingala Taungnyunt Township in the east, Bahan Township in the west, and Mingala Taungnyunt township in the south.
Pazundaung Township
- Category: township of Myanmar
- Location: East Yangon District, Yangon, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Swedish—“Pazundaung Township” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ပုဇွန်တောင် မြို့နယ်”
- Burmese: “ပုဇွန်တောင်”
- Burmese: “ပုဇွန်တောင်မြို့နယ်”
- Chinese: “勃生堂镇区”
- Japanese: “パズンダウン郡区”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏပသွန်တောင်”
- Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းပၸုၼ်ႇတွင်ႇ”
- Shan: “ပၸုၼ်ႇတွင်ႇ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း”
- Swedish: “Pazundaung”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dawbon and Botataung Township.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pazundaung and Pazundaung Railroad Station.
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