Hmawbi Township is a
township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
in the
Yangon Region
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, ...
of
Myanmar (Burma). It is located northwest of the city 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 ...
. 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
Hlegu Township ( my, လှည်းကူး မြို့နယ်, ) is a မြို့နယ် of Yangon Burma, Burma (Myanmar). It is northeast of the city Yangon and is largely rural.
The township's Paunglin Dam and Ngamoeyeik Res ...
to the east;
*
Mingaladon Township
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 Tow ...
to the southeast;
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Shwepyitha Township to the south; and
*
Htantabin Township to the southwest, west and northwest.
Climate
Notes
External links
"Hmawbi Township, Yangon Division"map ID: MIMU154 Hmawbi Township 090227 v01, February 2009, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
Townships of Yangon Region
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