Myanmar
Yangon
East Yangon District

Botataung Township

Botataung Township is an area of , . Named after the Botahtaung Pagoda, the township consists of ten wards, and shares borders with is in the north and the east, and Yangon River in the south, in the west and Mingala Taungnyunt township in the north.
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  • Type: Suburb with 39,900 residents
  • Description: township of Yangon in Yangon Region, Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Botahtaung” and “Botahtaung township”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sule Pagoda and Yangon Central Railway Station.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a Burmese Buddhist located in the heart of downtown , occupying the centre of the city and an important space in contemporary Burmese politics, ideology and geography.

Railway station
, also known as Yangon Central Station, is the central station of . It is located within downtown , and serves as the gateway to Myanmar Railways' 3,126 mi rail network whose reach covers , upcountry, Shan hills, and the Taninthayi coast.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Jasoneppink, CC BY 2.0.
The Botataung Kyaik De Att Pagoda is a famous pagoda located in downtown , , near the Yangon river. The pagoda was first built by the Mon around the same time as was Shwedagon Pagoda—according to local belief, over 2500 years ago, and was known as Kyaik-de-att in Mon language.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yangon and Thaketa 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 the eastern part of , . The township comprises 19 wards, and shares borders with in the north and west, the Bago River in the east, and in the south. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Botataung Township.

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 north of Botataung Township.

Botataung Township

Latitude
16.7714° or 16° 46′ 17″ north
Longitude
96.1784° or 96° 10′ 42″ east
Population
39,900
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
7M8RQ5CH+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3533081981
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11154101
Wiki­data ID
Q4948534
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Swedish—“Botataung Township” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ဗိုလ်တစ်ထောင် မြို့နယ်”
  • Burmese: “ဗိုလ်တထောင်”
  • Burmese: “ဗိုလ်တထောင်မြို့နယ်”
  • Chinese: “波达通”
  • Chinese: “波达通镇区”
  • French: “canton de Botataung”
  • French: “Canton de Botataung”
  • French: “township de Botataung”
  • Japanese: “ボタタウン郡区”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏဗိုလ်တထောင်”
  • Polish: “Botahtaung”
  • Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းပူဝ်ႇတထွင်ႇ”
  • Shan: “ပူဝ်ႇတထွင်ႇ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း”
  • Swedish: “Botahtaung”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as No (3) Ward and No (4) Ward.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include YCDC-PCCD (Southern District) and East Yangon General Hospital.

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