Dawbon Township ( my, ဒေါပုံ မြို့နယ် ) is located in the southeastern part of

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 ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

. The township comprises 14 wards, and shares borders with

Thingangyun township Thingangyun Township (, ) is located in the eastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 38 wards, and shares borders with South Okkalapa township in the north, North Dagon township in the east, Yankin township and Tamwe township in th ...

in the north,

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in the west,

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in the east, and

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in the south across the Pazundaung Creek. Dawbon is connected to downtown Yangon via the

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. The township has twelve primary schools, four middle schools and one high school.

Population

Dawbon Township's population is over 75,000 with 51.2% of female residents and 48.8% of male residents as of 2014.

References

{{Administrative divisions of Burma (Myanmar) Townships of Yangon