North Dagon Township

North Dagon Township is located in the eastern part of , . The township comprises 25 wards, and shares borders with in the north and east, South Okkalapa township in the west, and South Dagon township in the south.
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  • Type: Suburb with 178,000 residents
  • Description: yangon in Myanmar
  • Also known as: Dagon Myothit (North)”, “Dagon Myothit (North) township”, “North Dagon”, and “North Dagon Myothit

Places of Interest

Highlights include Myanmar Gems Museum and Kaba Aye Pagoda.

Museum
, in , , is a museum dedicated to precious Burmese gem stones. The museum is located on the third floor of a four-story building, located near . is situated 2½ miles southwest of North Dagon Township.

Buddhist temple
Photo: C1815, CC0.
, formally Thiri Mingala Gaba Aye Zedidaw, is a Buddhist pagoda located on Kaba Aye Road, , , . The pagoda was built in 1952 by U Nu in preparation for the Sixth Buddhist Council that he held from 1954 to 1956. is situated 2½ miles southwest of North Dagon Township.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Okkalapa Township and South Dagon Township.

Suburb
is located in the eastern part of . The township comprises 14 wards, and shares borders with in the north, North Dagon Township in the east, in the west and in the south.

Suburb
is located in the southeastern part of , . The township comprises 26 wards and three village tracts, and shares borders with North Dagon Township and in the north, in the west across the , the Bago River in the east, and in the south. is situated 3½ miles southeast of North Dagon Township.

Suburb
is located in the easternmost part of , . The township comprises 54 wards and three village tracts. It shares borders with Hlegu Township in the north, North Dagon Township in the west, and in the south and west. is situated 2½ miles northeast of North Dagon Township.

North Dagon Township

Latitude
16.8719° or 16° 52′ 19″ north
Longitude
96.1922° or 96° 11′ 32″ east
Population
178,000
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Open location code
7M8RV5CR+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3880817845
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11154052
Wiki­data ID
Q7054981
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Swedish—“North Dagon Township” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်(မြောက်ပိုင်း)
  • Burmese: ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်မြောက်ပိုင်း
  • Burmese: ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်မြောက်ပိုင်းမြို့နယ်
  • Chinese: 德貢北鎮區
  • Chinese: 德貢謬迪北鎮區
  • Chinese: 德贡北镇区
  • Chinese: 德贡谬迪北
  • Chinese: 德贡谬迪北镇区
  • Japanese: 北ダゴン郡区
  • Shan: ၸႄႈဝဵင်းတၵူင်ႇမျူဝ်ႉတိတ်ႉပွတ်းႁွင်ႇ
  • Shan: တၵူင်ႇမျူဝ်ႉတိတ်ႉပွတ်းႁွင်ႇ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း
  • Swedish: Norra Dagon Myothit

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