Hlegu Township ( my, လှည်းကူး မြို့နယ်, ) is a မြို့နယ် of Yangon Burma,

Burma (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 ...

. It is northeast of the city

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 ...

and is largely rural. The township's Paunglin Dam and Ngamoeyeik Reservoir supply water to over 28,300 hectares (70,000 acres) of farmland between Hlegu and Mingaladon, and nearly 340 million liters (90 million gallons) of water a day to the people living in Yangon. The new Yangon-Naypyidaw Highway cuts through the township.

Borders

Hlegu township shares borders with

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. ...

and

Taikkyi Township Taikkyi Township ( my, တိုက်ကြီး မြို့နယ် ) is the northernmost township of Yangon Region Yangon Region(, ; formerly Rangoon Division and Yangon Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar. Located in the ...

in the west,

Bago Township Bago Township or Pegu Township is a township in Bago District in the Bago Region of Burma.

Bago Region Bago Region ( my, ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the country. It is bordered by Magway Region ...

in the north and east,

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 no ...

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 ...

and

East Dagon Township East Dagon Township (also East Dagon Myothit; my, ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်အရှေ့ပိုင်း မြို့နယ် ) is located in the easternmost part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 54 wards and three vi ...

in the south.

Notes

External links

"Hlegu Township, Yangon Division"
map ID: MIMU154 Hlegu Township 090227 v01, 27 February 2009, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
"Hlegu Google Satellite Map"
Maplandia World Gazetteer {{Authority control Townships of Yangon Region