Myanmar
Yangon
West Yangon District

Dagon Township

Dagon Township is located immediately north of downtown . The township comprises five wards, and shares borders with in the north, in the west, in the east, and , and in the south.
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  • Type: Suburb with 23,700 residents
  • Description: township of Yangon in Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Dagon” and “Dagon township”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shwedagon Paya and National Museum.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
The Shwedagon Pagoda, officially named Shwedagon Zedi Daw, and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded located in , Myanmar.

Museum
Photo: Phyo WP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The of Myanmar, located in Dagon, , is the major one of the two national museums for Burmese art, history and culture in .

Zoo
Photo: Phyo WP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Yangon Zoo is the oldest and the second largest zoo in . Located immediately north of downtown near , 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 Tamwe Township.

Photo: Thettin684, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, formerly known in English as Rangoon, is the largest city in and was the capital of the country until it was replaced by in 2005.

Suburb
is located in east central , . The township comprises 20 wards, and shares borders with in the north, and in the east, in the west, and Mingala Taungnyunt township in the south. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Dagon Township.

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 Dagon Township in the west, Bahan township in the north, in the south, in the southwest, and the and in the east.

Dagon Township

Latitude
16.7924° or 16° 47′ 33″ north
Longitude
96.1443° or 96° 8′ 40″ east
Population
23,700
Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)
Open location code
7M8RQ4RV+WP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4024644077
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11154041
Wiki­data ID
Q4153965
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Satellite Map

Discover Dagon Township from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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 West Yangon District Police Station and Fokker F27.

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