Mingala Taungnyunt Township
Mingala Taungnyunt Township is a township of Yangon, 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, Botataung Township in the south, Kyauktada Township in the southwest, and the Pazundaung Creek and Dawbon Township in the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 128,000 residents
- Description: township of Yangon in Myanmar
- Also known as: “Mingala Taungnyunt”, “Mingalar Taung Nyunt”, “Mingalartaungnyunt”, and “Mingalartaungnyunt Township”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shwedagon Paya and Sule Pagoda.
Shwedagon Paya
Buddhist temple
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.
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 east of Mingala Taungnyunt 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.
Mingala Taungnyunt Township
- Categories: township of Myanmar and locality
- Location: East Yangon District, Yangon, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
16.7889° or 16° 47′ 20″ northLongitude
96.1728° or 96° 10′ 22″ eastPopulation
128,000Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)Open location code
7M8RQ5QF+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 4024644078OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
11154142Wikidata ID
Q10330273
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Swedish—“Mingala Taungnyunt Township” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “မင်္ဂလာတောင်ညွန့်”
- Burmese: “မင်္ဂလာတောင်ညွန့်”
- Burmese: “မင်္ဂလာတောင်ညွန့်မြို့နယ်”
- Burmese: “မင်္ဂလာတောင်ညွန့်မြို့နယ်”
- Chinese: “敏加拉当纽”
- Chinese: “敏加拉当纽镇区”
- Dutch: “Mingala Taungnyunt Township”
- German: “Mingala Taungnyunt Township”
- Japanese: “ミンガラ・タウンニュン郡区”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏမိင်ကလာတောင်ညွတ်”
- Portuguese: “Mingala Taungnyunt Township”
- Portuguese: “Mingalar Taung Nyunt”
- Portuguese: “Mingalataungnyunt Township”
- Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိင်ႇၵလႃႇတွင်ႇၺုၼ်ႉ”
- Shan: “မိင်ႇၵလႃႇတွင်ႇၺုၼ်ႉ၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း”
- Swedish: “Mingalartaungnyunt”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Min Ga Lar Taung Nyunt Ward and Yae Twin Kone Ward.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mingala Taung Nyunt Market and Shwe Mya Yar Group Of Companies.
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