Yangon
North Yangon District
Insein Township

Insein Prison

Insein Prison 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.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Insein.

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. is situated 1 mile southeast of Insein Prison.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Insein Township and Mayangon 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.

Town
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(Burmese: မရမ်းကုန်း မြို့နယ်; is located in the northern part of . The township comprises ten wards, and shares borders with and in the north, , … is situated 2½ miles southeast of Insein Prison.

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 2½ miles southwest of Insein Prison.

Insein Prison

Latitude
16.89363° or 16° 53′ 37″ north
Longitude
96.0976° or 96° 5′ 51″ east
Open location code
7M8RV3VX+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 96914038
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Wiki­data ID
Q1549105
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Spanish—“Insein Prison” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “အင်းစိန်ထောင်”
  • Burmese: “အင်းစိန်အကျဉ်းထောင်”
  • Catalan: “presó d’Insein”
  • Chinese: “永盛监狱”
  • Chinese: “永盛監獄”
  • Dutch: “Insein gevangenis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سجن انسين”
  • French: “prison d’Insein”
  • French: “Prison d’Insein”
  • German: “Insein-Gefängnis”
  • Japanese: “インセイン刑務所”
  • Polish: “Insein”
  • Portuguese: “Prisão de Insein”
  • Scots: “Insein Prison”
  • Spanish: “Prision de Insein”
  • Spanish: “Prisión de Insein”

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Highlights include Inn Sein Prison and Prison 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 “Insein Prison”. Photo: Phyo WP, CC BY-SA 3.0.