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YCDC Golf Club Swimming Pool
Yangon City Development Committee ( my, ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော် စည်ပင်သာယာရေး ကော်မတီ, abbreviated YCDC) is the administrative body of Yangon, the largest city and former capital of Myanmar (Burma). It consists of 20 departments, with headquarters in the Yangon City Hall. The committee's chairman also acts as the city's mayor. The YCDC is technically independent of the government, and raises its own revenues through tax collection, fees, licenses and property development. In the 2011-2012 budget year, YCDC had an estimated deficit of Ks.5 billion, because of high spending on road construction and purchase of waste collection vehicles. List of mayors of Yangon History On 14 May 1990, the Yangon City Development Law formally established the present incarnation of YCDC, delegating wide responsibilities to this body, including city planning, land administration, tax collection, and development. However, the YCDC is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangon City Hall
Yangon City Hall ( my, ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်ခန်းမ; YCH) is the city hall of Yangon, the largest city of Myanmar, and the seat of the city's administrative body, Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC). The building is considered a fine example of syncretic Burmese architecture, featuring traditional tiered roofs called ''pyatthat'', and was designed by Burmese architect U Tin, who also designed Yangon Central Railway Station, Central Railway Station. Construction began in 1926 and ended in 1936. The city hall occupies the former site of the Ripon Hall. The city hall has been the focal point of several major political demonstrations, including a 1964 People's Peace Committee rally supported by Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, which attracted 200,000 people and was subsequently clamped down by Ne Win's Burmese Way to Socialism, military junta. and the site of several bombings, including one in 2000, 2008, and 2009. Centrally located in downtown Yangon, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waste Management
Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process and waste-related laws, technologies, economic mechanisms. Waste can be solid, liquid, or gases and each type has different methods of disposal and management. Waste management deals with all types of waste, including industrial, biological, household, municipal, organic, biomedical, radioactive wastes. In some cases, waste can pose a threat to human health. Health issues are associated throughout the entire process of waste management. Health issues can also arise indirectly or directly. Directly, through the handling of solid waste, and indirectly through the consumption of water, soil and food. Waste is produced by human activity, for example, the extraction and processing of raw materi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaykabar Company
Zaykabar Company Limited ( my, ဇေကမ္ဘာကုမ္ပဏီ; also spelt Zay Gabar or Zay Ka Bar) is a major Burmese conglomerate with interests in construction and telecommunications. The company was founded by Khin Shwe in 1990. Zaykabar and its owner Khin Shwe have been placed on the American sanctions list since 2007, for its close ties with the Burmese military. Projects In October 2007, Zaykabar opened Royal Mingalardon Golf Course, a and 21-hole golf course as part of Mingaladon Garden City, a housing estate on the outskirts of Yangon. In 2008, Zaykabar opened Pyay Garden Condominium, a 25-story condominium tower in Yangon's Mayangone Township, the tallest building in Myanmar. Zaykabar also owns and operates Mya Yeik Nyo Royal Hotel in Yangon. In May 2010, after the privatization of the country's petrol market, Zaykabar was one of few companies to be issued operating licenses for petrol stations, under the name of Toe Naing Mann, Shwe Mann's son. In Septem ... [...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] |
Shwedagon Pagoda
The Shwedagon Pagoda (, ); mnw, ကျာ်ဒဂုၚ်; officially named ''Shwedagon Zedi Daw'' ( my, ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်, , ) and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar. The Shwedagon is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa. These relics include the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Koṇāgamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa, and eight strands of hair from the head of Gautama. Built on the high Singuttara Hill, the tall pagoda stands above sea level,The pagoda's pinnacle height (to the tip of its ''hti'') is tall per (UNESCO 2018), and is built on the Singuttara Hill, which is tall per , and tall above sea level per and dominates the Yangon skyline. Yangon's zoning regulations, which cap the maximum height of buildings to above sea level (75% of the pagoda's sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyimyindaing Township
Kyimyindaing Township ( my, ကြည့်မြင်တိုင် မြို့နယ်, ; also Kyeemyindaing Township, Kyimyindine, or Kyi Myin Dine, and anglicised as Kemmendine) is located in the western part of Yangon, and shares borders with Kamayut Township in the north, the Yangon River and Twante Township in the west, Sanchaung Township in the east, and Ahlon Township in the south. It consists of 21 wards. Etymology "Kyimyindaing" derives from the Mon language term "Kamaingdeung" ( mnw, ကၟာၚ်ဍုၚ်; ), which means "walled town." Education The township has 15 primary schools, three middle schools and five high schools, and is home to the School for the Blind Kyimyindine A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compul .... Population A population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seikkyi Kanaungto Township
Seikkyi Kanaungto Township ( my, ဆိပ်ကြီးခနောင်တို မြို့နယ် ) is located on the southwestern bank of Yangon river across from downtown Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises eight wards, and is bounded by the Yangon river in the north, the Twante Canal in the east, and Twante Township Twante Township also Twantay Township ( my, တွံတေး မြို့နယ်, ) is a township in the Yangon Region of Burma (Myanmar). It is located west across the Hlaing River from the city of Yangon. The principal town and administr ... in the south and west. The township is still largely rural and undeveloped mainly because it still lacks a bridge across the Yangon river to downtown. Seikkyi Kanaungto has 16 primary schools, and one high school. References {{Administrative divisions of Burma (Myanmar) Townships of Yangon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dala Township
Dala or Dalla Township ( my, ဒလမြို့နယ်, ) is located on the southern bank of Yangon river across from downtown Yangon, Myanmar. The township, made up of 23 wards and 23 village track (including 50 villages), is bounded by the Yangon river in the north and east, the Twante Canal in the west, and Twante Township in the south. History In 1805, Alaungpaya's fourth son King Bodawpaya appointed Htaw Lay as the governor (''myoza'') of Dala (modern Dala and Twante). During the colonial era, Dalla was the site of the major shipyard of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company (IFC) was a passenger and cargo ferry company, which operated services on the Irrawaddy River in Burma, now Myanmar. The IFC was Scottish-owned, and was managed by P Henderson & Company from Glasgow. The IFC operated .... Contemporary Despite its strategic location near Yangon, the township is still largely rural and undeveloped mainly because it still lacks a bridge a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Dagon Township
North Dagon Township (also North Dagon Myothit; my, ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်မြောက်ပိုင်း မြို့နယ် ) is located in the eastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 25 wards, and shares borders with East Dagon Township in the north and east, South Okkalapa township in the west, and South Dagon township in the south. North Dagon is a relatively more developed area among the new satellite towns founded in 1989 by the military government. The realestate price is also considered highest among other new satellite townships. The township has 24 primary schools, one middle school and four high schools. Dagon University, the largest undergraduate university in the city, is located in the central part of the township. North Dagon is connected to the mainland Yangon across the Pazundaung Creek by the four bridges Panglong Bridge, Ba Htoo Bridge, Baeli Bridge and the Yangon Circular Railway Yangon Circular Railway ( my, ရန ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagon Seikkan Township
Dagon Seikkan Township ( my, ဒဂုံဆိပ်ကမ်း မြို့နယ် ) is an urban township of Yangon, Myanmar. Geography Dagon Seikkan Township is located in the east-central part of the city of Yangon. Dagon Seikkan Township shares borders with Hlegu Township to the north, South Dagon Township to the northwest, Thaketa Township to the southwest, and Thanlyin Township across the Bago River to the east and southeast. Since 2007, Dagon Seikkan has been linked to Thanlyin Township by the Dagon Bridge, the second bridge to be built across the Bago River in Yangon. Administration , Dagon Seikkan consisted of 39 wards and five village tracts. Demographics Satellite communities and industry moved into the township in the 1990s, growing from a rural population of under 10,000 to almost 100,000 by 2010. Education , the township had 10 primary schools, two middle schools and a high school. The township is in an industrial area of the city. Nationalities Youth Reso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hlaingthaya Township
Hlaingthaya Township ( my, လှိုင်သာယာ မြို့နယ်, ; also spelt Hlaing Tharyar Township) is located in the western part of Yangon, Myanmar. It was one of the biggest township in the country and it was also the most populated township. The township comprised 20 wards and nine village tracts and shared borders with Htantabin Township in the north and west, Insein Township, Mayangon Township, and Hlaing Township in the east across the Yangon River, and Twante Township in the south. In 2019 it was planned to split the township into two (due to violence and over-population), although no official announcement could be found, the township had already been split in West and East for the 2020 Myanmar general election. Overview Hlaingthaya is the most developed of the new satellite towns founded in the 1980s. Hlaingthaya Industrial Zone, consisted of mostly garment and other light industries, is one of the largest industrial parks in the country. Showpiec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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