Mingaladon Township ( my, မင်္ဂလာဒုံ မြို့နယ် ) is located in the northernmost part of
Yangon,
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 C. Wells, Joh ...
. The township comprises 31 wards, and shares borders with
Hmawbi Township in the north,
North Okkalapa Township in the east,
Insein Township and
Shwepyitha Township in the west, and
Mayangon Township in the south.
[ Mingaladon is still relatively undeveloped and lacks basic municipal services.
Mingaladon is home to the Yangon International Airport 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 of two words: Pali ''mangala'' ("blessed") and Mon
Mon, MON or Mon. may refer to:
Places
* Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar
* Mon, India, a town in Nagaland
* Mon district, Nagaland
* Mon, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India
* Mon, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Grisons
* An ...
(, "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.
Mingaladon Air Base
Mingaladon is home to an air base (ICAO: VYHB) of the Myanmar Air Force. Formerly called 502 Air Base.
Education
The University of Computer Studies, Yangon, 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 Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science.
References
{{Administrative divisions of Burma (Myanmar)
Townships of Yangon