Mingaladon Township ( my, မင်္ဂလာဒုံ မြို့နယ် ) is located in the northernmost 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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. The township comprises 31 wards, and 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. ...
in the north,
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 ...
in the east,
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 ...
and
Shwepyitha Township in the west, and
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 ...
in the south.
[ Mingaladon is still relatively undeveloped and lacks basic municipal services.
Mingaladon is home to the ]Yangon International Airport
Yangon International Airport ( ) is the primary and busiest international airport of Myanmar. The airport is located in Mingaladon, north of central Yangon. All ten Myanmar carriers and about 30 international airlines operate at Yangon Intern ...
and the Hlawga National Park
Hlawga Park is an open zoo in Myanmar's Yangon Region, covering that was established in 1982. It was created to protect evergreen, mixed deciduouss and swamp forest and for environmental education. Located in Mingaladon Township, it is jointly ...
Etymology
The Burmese place name ''Mingaladon'' () is a portmanteau
A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of words[Pali
Pali () is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist ''Pāli Canon'' or ''Tipiṭaka'' as well as the sacred language of ''Theravāda'' Buddhism ...](_blank)
''mangala'' ("blessed") and Mon (, "town").
Climate
Transport
Mingaladon's Aung Mingala Bus Terminal Aung may refer to:
*Aung (name), including a list of people with the name
*Aung Yang
Aung Yang is a village in Shwegu Township in Bhamo District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations i ...
serves all the highway buses to all major cities and towns in the country, except for those in the Ayeyarwady Division
Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...
.
Mingaladon Air Base
Mingaladon is home to an air base (ICAO: VYHB) of the Myanmar Air Force
The Myanmar Air Force ( my, တပ်မတော် (လေ), ), known until 1989 as the Burmese Air Force, is the aerial branch of Myanmar's armed forces, the Tatmadaw. The primary mission of the Myanmar Air Force (MAF) since its inception ha ...
. Formerly called 502 Air Base.
Education
The University of Computer Studies, Yangon
The University of Computer Studies, Yangon (UCSY) ( my, ရန်ကုန်ကွန်ပျူတာတက္ကသိုလ် ), located in the outskirts of Yangon in Hlawga, is the leading IT and computer science university of Myanmar. Th ...
, one of the country's best universities, is located in the western part of the township on the west bank of Hlawga National Park. The township is also home to the .
References
{{Administrative divisions of Burma (Myanmar)
Townships of Yangon