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Mingaladon
Mingaladon Township ( my, မင်္ဂလာဒုံ မြို့နယ် ) is located in the northernmost part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 31 wards, and shares borders with Hmawbi Township in the north, North Okkalapa Township in the east, Insein Township and Shwepyitha Township in the west, and Mayangon Township in the south. Mingaladon is still relatively undeveloped and lacks basic municipal services. Mingaladon is home to the Yangon International Airport and the Hlawga National Park Etymology The Burmese place name ''Mingaladon'' () is a portmanteau of two words: Pali ''mangala'' ("blessed") and Mon (, "town"). Climate Transport Mingaladon's Aung Mingala Bus Terminal serves all the highway buses to all major cities and towns in the country, except for those in the Ayeyarwady Division. Mingaladon Air Base Mingaladon is home to an air base (ICAO: VYHB) of the Myanmar Air Force. Formerly called 502 Air Base. Education The University of Computer S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangon International Airport
Yangon International Airport ( ) is the primary and busiest international airport of Myanmar. The airport is located in Mingaladon, north of central Yangon. All ten Myanmar carriers and about 30 international airlines operate at Yangon International Airport. The airport is also colloquially known as Mingaladon Airport due to its location. History During World War II, the airfield was called RAF Mingaladon and served as an operating base for fighter aircraft such as: *No. 60 Squadron RAF from February 1941 to February 1942 flying Bristol Blenheim I *No. 67 Squadron RAF from October 1941 to March 1942 flying Brewster F2A Buffalo and Hawker Hurricane IIs * No. 135 Squadron RAF from January–February 1942 flying Hawker Hurricane IIs * No. 681 Squadron RAF from June to September 1945 flying Supermarine Spitfire *3rd Squadron of 1st American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers) of the Chinese Air Force flying Curtiss P-40s There was also a Communication Flight of the Burma Volunteer A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myanmar Air Force
The Myanmar Air Force ( my, တပ်မတော် (လေ), ), known until 1989 as the Burmese Air Force, is the aerial branch of Myanmar's armed forces, the Tatmadaw. The primary mission of the Myanmar Air Force (MAF) since its inception has been to provide transport, logistical, and close air support to the Myanmar Army in counter-insurgency operations.Myoe, Maung Aung: Building the Tatmadaw It is mainly used in internal conflicts in Myanmar, and, on a smaller scale, in relief missions, especially after the deadly Cyclone Nargis of May 2008. Since the military coup in February 2021, Myanmar Air Force aircraft have been used in airstrikes on villages. History Post-Independence era (1948–1990) The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) was formed as the Burmese Air Force on 16 January 1947, while Burma (as Myanmar was known until 1989) was still under British rule. By 1948, the fleet of the new air force included 40 Airspeed Oxfords, 16 de Havilland Tiger Moths, four Austers, and three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangon
Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government relocated the administrative functions to the purpose-built capital city of Naypyidaw in north central Myanmar. With over 7 million people, Yangon is Myanmar's most populous city and its most important commercial centre. Yangon boasts the largest number of colonial-era buildings in Southeast Asia, and has a unique colonial-era urban core that is remarkably intact. The colonial-era commercial core is centered around the Sule Pagoda, which is reputed to be over 2,000 years old. The city is also home to the gilded Shwedagon Pagoda – Myanmar's most sacred and famous Buddhist pagoda. Yangon suffers from deeply inadequate infrastructure, especially compared to other major cities in Southeast Asia, such as Jakarta, Bangkok or Hanoi. Though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defence Services Institute Of Nursing And Paramedical Science
The Defence Services Nursing and Paramedical Academy (MINP) ( my, တပ်မတော် သူနာပြု နှင့် ဆေးဘက် ပညာသည် တက္ကသိုလ်, ), located in Mingaladon, Yangon, is one of military-run institutes of higher learning in Myanmar. The university offers bachelor's, master's and ph.D degree programs in Nursing, a bachelor's degree program in Pharmacy, a bachelor's degree program in Paramedical Science. History DSINwas founded in 2000 by the Burmese military as the Defence Services Institute of Nursing with assistance from the Yangon Institute of Nursing and the Mandalay Institute of Nursing The University of Nursing, Mandalay (also the Institute of Nursing, Mandalay; my, သူနာပြု တက္ကသိုလ် (မန္တလေး), ) is a university of nursing, located in Mandalay, Myanmar. It is one of three universit .... In 2002, the institute added paramedical science and pharmacy degree programs, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Okkalapa Township
North Okkalapa Township ( my, မြောက်ဥက္ကလာပ မြို့နယ် ) is located in the eastern part of Yangon. The township comprises 19 wards, and shares borders with Hlegu Township and Mingaladon township in the north, North Dagon Township in the east, Mingaladon Township and Mayangon Township in the west, and Kamayut Township, and Mayangon township and South Okkalapa Township in the south. North Okkalapa was one of the satellite towns established in 1959. Today, it is a firmly established part of the city, albeit with ''nominal'' access to the city's electricity grid and sewer system. It is located in the 5 to 30 minute drive zone to Yangon International Air Port, the primary and busiest international airport of Myanmar, located in Mingaladon Township. For those who loves local trips, Aung Mingalar High Way Bus Station is located within 30 min drive zone from the township. Education The township has 30 government primary schools, seven middle schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insein Township
Insein Township ( my, အင်းစိန်မြို့နယ်, ) is located in northern Yangon. 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. Insein is home to the Insein Prison, the most notorious prison in the country that houses hundreds of political prisoners. Until the 1990s, Insein, about from central Yangon, was beyond Yangon's city limits although by the 1980s, Insein was already integrated with the rest of the city. With the expansion of Yangon's city limits in the 1990s which also included founding new satellite towns, Insein was formally incorporated into Yangon. Etymology The word "Insein" means "precious lake" in the Burmese language, and is also a former name of Inya lake. However, the etymology of "Insein" is derived from the Mon language term mnw, အၚ်စိၚ် (), meaning "elephant lake." History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangon Division
Yangon Region(, ; formerly Rangoon Division and Yangon Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar. Located in the heart of Lower Myanmar, the division is bordered by Bago Region to the north and east, the Gulf of Martaban to the south, and Ayeyarwady Region to the west. Yangon Region is dominated by its capital city of Yangon, the former national capital and the largest city in the country. Other important cities are Thanlyin and Twante. The division is the most developed region of the country and the main international gateway. The division measures . History The region was historically populated by the Mon. Politically, the area was controlled by Mon kingdoms prior to 1057, and after 1057, with few exceptions, by Burman kingdoms from the north. The control of the region reverted to Pegu-based Mon kingdoms in the 13th to 16th centuries (1287–1539) and briefly in the 18th century (1740–57). The Portuguese were in control of Thanlyin (Syriam) and the surrounding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hlawga National Park
Hlawga Park is an open zoo in Myanmar's Yangon Region, covering that was established in 1982. It was created to protect evergreen, mixed deciduouss and swamp forest and for environmental education. Located in Mingaladon Township, it is jointly managed by the Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division and private enterprises. The nature park is close to Yangon and includes an 818-acre (313 hectare) wildlife park, a 62-acre (25-hectare) mini-zoo and a 660-acre (267-hectare) buffer zone. History The park embraces the catchment area of the Zokanabe Lake, an extension dam built in 1921–24 to reinforce the greater Hlawga Lake which has supplied water to Yangon since 1904. The park was established in 1982 with joint-funding by the UNDP and the Burmese government in order to protect the forests and vegetative cover in the catchment of Hlawga Lake, and to establish a representative collection of Burmese indigenous wildlife species of mammals, reptiles and birds, in their natural habit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hmawbi Township
Hmawbi Township is a township in the Yangon Region of Myanmar (Burma). It is located northwest of the city of Yangon. The principal town and administrative seat is Hmawbi. The Hmawbi airport is at Indan (Inntan), northeast of the town of Hmawbi. Technological University, Hmawbi exists near Hmawbi Township. Hmawbi is also home to the Aung Zabu Monastery. Hmawbi Township is home to the Myaung Dagar Industrial Zone, which is a zone constructed in 2006-2008 and is intended to house all of Yangon's steel factories. Operating licenses for steel smelters that do not relocate to the Industrial Zone are not renewed. Borders The Hlaing River forms the western border of Hmawbi Township, which borders on: * Taikkyi Township to the north; *Hlegu Township to the east; *Mingaladon Township to the southeast; * Shwepyitha Township to the south; and *Htantabin Township Htantabin Township ( my, ထန်းတပင် မြို့နယ်, ) is a township located on the western border of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayangon Township
Mayangon Township ( my, မရမ်းကုန်း မြို့နယ် ; is located in the northern part of Yangon. The township comprises ten wards, and shares borders with Insein Township and Mingaladon Township in the north, North Dagon Township, North Okkalapa Township, South Okkalapa Township and Yankin Township in the east, the Hlaing river, Hlaing Township and Hlaingthaya Township in the west, and Kamayut Township and Bahan Township Bahan Township ( my, ဗဟန်း မြို့နယ်, ) is located in the north central part of Yangon. The township comprises 22 wards, and shares borders with Yankin Township and Mayangon Township in the north, Sanchaung Township and ... in the south. The township has 30 primary schools, seven middle schools and five high schools. One of the upscale neighbourhoods such as Parami is included in Mayangon Township. Landmarks The following is a list of landmarks protected by the city in Mayangon township. References { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myanmar Standard Time
Myanmar Standard Time (MMT; my, မြန်မာ စံတော်ချိန်, ), formerly Burma Standard Time (BST), is the standard time in Myanmar, 6:30 hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+06:30). MMT is calculated on the basis of 97°30′E longitude.MFF 2002: 1 MMT is used all year round, as Myanmar does not observe daylight saving time.USNAO 2013: 262 History Pre-colonial period Myanmar did not have a standard time before the British colonial period. Each region kept its own local mean time, according to the Burmese calendar rules: sunrise, noon, sunset and midnight.(Clancy 1906: 57): The Burmese calendar recognizes two types of day: astronomical and civil. The mean Burmese astronomical day is from midnight to midnight, and represents 1/30th of a synodic month or 23 hours, 37 minutes and 28.08 seconds. The civil day comprises two halves, the first half beginning at sunrise and the second half at sunset. The day was divided into eight 3-hour segments called ''baho'' (ဗဟ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
