Hlaingthaya Township ( my, လှိုင်သာယာ မြို့နယ်, ; also spelt Hlaing Tharyar Township) is located in the western 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
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. 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
Htantabin Township ( my, ထန်းတပင် မြို့နယ်, ) is a township located on the western border of central Yangon Region, Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative seat is Htantabin which is located in the southeastern part ...
in the north and west,
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 to ...
,
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 Dag ...
, and
Hlaing Township in the east across the
Yangon River
The Yangon River (also known as the Rangoon River or Hlaing River) is formed by the confluence of the Pegu and Myitmaka Rivers in Myanmar. It is a marine estuary that runs from Yangon (also known as Rangoon) to the Gulf of Martaban of the Andaman ...
, 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.
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In 2019 it was planned to split the township into two (due to violence and over-population),]
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. Showpiece gated communities of the wealthy like the FMI City and Pun Hlaing Garden Residences in the southeastern part of the township are the domain of the country's elite and are arguably among the best communities in the country. After Cyclone Nargis
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the township experienced a jump in population due to refugees.[ ]
The township is connected to other parts of Yangon across the Yangon river over the Aung Zeya Bridge Aung may refer to:
*Aung (name), including a list of people with the name
*Aung Yang
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Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations ...
and the Bayinnaung Bridge
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, caption = Statue of Bayinnaung in front of the National Museum of Myanmar
, reign = 30 April 1550 – 10 October 1581
, coronation = 11 January 1551 at Toung ...
, and to Twante township over the Pan Hlaing river by the Pan Hlaing Bridge.
Education
The township has 46 primary schools, 8 middle schools and 4 high schools.[ ]West Yangon Technological University
West Yangon Technological University ( my, ရန်ကုန်အနောက်ပိုင်း နည်းပညာတက္ကသိုလ် ) is a public technology university, located in Hlaingthaya, Yangon, Myanmar.
Background Histor ...
also maintains a campus in Hlaingthaya.
References
External links
"Profile Hlaingtharyar Township"
April 2009, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
{{Administrative divisions of Burma (Myanmar)
Townships of Yangon