Dagon Township
Dagon Township is located immediately north of downtown Yangon. The township comprises five wards, and shares borders with Bahan Township in the north, Ahlon Township in the west, Mingala Taungnyunt Township in the east, and Lanmadaw Township, Latha Township and Pabedan Township in the south.- Suburb with 23,700 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 108 feet (33 metres)
- …is also known as “Dagon”
- Description: township of Yangon in Myanmar
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shwedagon Paya and National Museum.
Shwedagon Paya
Buddhist temple
The Shwedagon Pagoda, officially named Shwedagon Zedi…
Yangon Zoological Gardens
Zoo
The Yangon Zoo is the oldest and the second largest zoo in Myanmar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yangon and Tamwe Township.
Tamwe Township
Suburb
Tamwe Township is located in east central Yangon, Myanmar. Tamwe Township is situated 2½ miles northeast of Dagon Township.
Mingala Taungnyunt Township
Suburb
Mingala Taungnyunt Township is a township of Yangon, Myanmar.
Dagon Township
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Latitude
16.7924° or 16° 47′ 33″ north
Longitude
96.1443° or 96° 8′ 40″ east
Open location code
7M8RQ4RV+WP
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Swedish—“Dagon Township” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဒဂုံ မြို့နယ်”
- Burmese: “ဒဂုံ”
- Burmese: “ဒဂုံမြို့နယ်”
- Chinese: “大光镇区”
- Chinese: “德贡”
- Chinese: “德贡镇区”
- French: “canton de Dagon”
- French: “Canton de Dagon”
- French: “township de Dagon”
- Japanese: “ダゴン郡区”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏဒဂုံ”
- Polish: “Dagon”
- Russian: “Дагоун”
- Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းတၵူင်ႇ”
- Shan: “တၵူင်ႇ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း”
- Swedish: “Dagon, Burma”
- Swedish: “Dagon, Myanmar”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pyay Lan (East) Ward and Pyay Lan (West) Ward.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fokker F27 and West Yangon District Police Station.
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