Twante
Twante Township also Twantay Township is a township in the Yangon Region of Burma. It is located west across the Hlaing River from the city of Yangon. The principal town and administrative seat is Twante.
- Type: Town with 46,500 residents
- Description: township in Yangon Region, Myanmar
- Also known as: “Twan Tay”, “Twantay”, “Twantay township”, “Twante Pottery Village”, and “Twante Township”
Twante
- Categories: township of Myanmar and locality
- Location: Yangon South District, Yangon, Southern Myanmar, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
16.7167° or 16° 43′ north
Longitude
95.9333° or 95° 56′ east
Population
46,500
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
7M8QPW8M+M8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Twante from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Burmese to Vietnamese—“Twante” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “တွံတေး မြို့နယ်”
- Burmese: “တွံတေး”
- Burmese: “တွံတေးမြို့”
- Burmese: “တွံတေးမြို့နယ်”
- Chinese: “端迪”
- Chinese: “端迪镇区”
- German: “Twante”
- Japanese: “トゥワンテ郡区”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻနယ်ႏတွန်တေး”
- Shan: “ၸႄႈဝဵင်းတုၼ်ႇတေး”
- Shan: “တုၼ်ႇတေး၊ ၸႄႈဝဵင်း”
- Shan: “တုၼ်ႇတေး”
- Swedish: “Twantay”
- Vietnamese: “Twante”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Zay Thit Ward and Ohn Pin Su Ward.
Southern Myanmar: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Yangon, Bago, Pathein, and Pyay.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.