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Yangon
West Yangon District

Mayangon Township

Mayangon Township (Burmese: မရမ်းကုန်း မြို့နယ်; is located in the northern part of . The township comprises ten wards, and shares borders with and in the north, , …
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  • Type: Town with 163,000 residents
  • Description: township of Yangon in Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Mayangon” and “Mayangone Township”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Insein and Insein Prison.

Railway station
Photo: Go-Myanmar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
railway station is a railway station on the Yangon Circular Railway in , Burma. It is one of the busiest railway stations in the country and serves as a gateway for commuters traveling to and from Yangon.

Prison
Photo: Phyo WP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located in Yangon Division, near , the old capital of . From 1988 to 2011 it was run by the military junta of Myanmar, named the State Law and Order Restoration Council from 1988 to 2003 and the State Peace and Development Council from 2003 to 2011, and was used largely to repress political dissidents. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Mayangon Township.

Government office
The Embassy of Israel in Yangon is the diplomatic mission of to . The embassy, established in 1954, was the first Israeli embassy established in . The current ambassador of Israel to Myanmar is Ambassador Dov Segev-Steinberg. is situated 2 miles southeast of Mayangon Township.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Insein Township and Hlaingthaya Township.

Suburb
is located in northern . The township comprises 21 wards, and shares borders with Shwepyitha township in the north, Hlaingthaya township in the west, Mingaladon township in the east and Mayangon township in the south.

Suburb
is located in the western part of , . In the 2010s, it was the most populous townships in the country. The township contained 15% of Yangon's urban population and had a major industrial and factory presence. is situated 3½ miles west of Mayangon Township.

Suburb
, also spelt Hline, is an area of , in the of . The township is entirely urban and comprises 16 wards. In 2000, the township's population was estimated to be about 125,000.

Mayangon Township

Latitude
16.8661° or 16° 51′ 58″ north
Longitude
96.1171° or 96° 7′ 2″ east
Population
163,000
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
Open location code
7M8RV488+CR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4024738215
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
11154147
Wiki­data ID
Q6796836
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Swedish—“Mayangon Township” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “မရမ်းကုန်း မြို့နယ်”
  • Burmese: “မရမ်းကုန်း”
  • Burmese: “မရမ်းကုန်းမြို့နယ်”
  • Chinese: “玛仰公”
  • Chinese: “瑪仰公鎮區”
  • Japanese: “マヤンゴン郡区”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏမယန်းကုံး”
  • Russian: “Майянгон”
  • Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမယၢၼ်းၵူင်း”
  • Shan: “မယၢၼ်းၵူင်း၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း”
  • Swedish: “Mayangone”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as No (2) Ward-Tha Maing Myo and Kyo Kone (West) Ward.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Paw Taw Mu Pagoda and Mayangone Fire Station.

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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 “Mayangon Township”. Photo: Phyo WP, CC BY-SA 4.0.