Pazundaung Township ( my, ပုဇွန်တောင် မြို့နယ် ) is a township located in the southeastern 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 consists of ten wards, and shares borders with
Botataung Township in the west and the south,
Mingala Taungnyunt Township
Mingala Taungnyunt Township ( my, မင်္ဂလာတောင်ညွန့် မြို့နယ် ; also spelled Mingalar Taung Nyunt) is a township of Yangon, Myanmar. Located in the east-central part of the city, the township co ...
in the northwest,
Thaketa Township
Thaketa Township ( my, သာကေတ မြို့နယ်, ) is located in the eastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 19 wards, and shares borders with Thingangyun Township in the north and west, the Bago River in the east ...
in the north and the
Pazundaung Creek in the east. Pazundaung is connected to
Dawbon Township
Dawbon Township ( my, ဒေါပုံ မြို့နယ် ) is located in the southeastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 14 wards, and shares borders with Thingangyun township in the north, Mingala Taungnyunt township in ...
across the
Maha Bandula Bridge
Maha Bandula Bridge (sometimes spelled Mahabandoola Bridge) is a major bridge in Yangon, Myanmar built in 2001. It is named after General Maha Bandula, and crosses Pazundaung Creek just east of Yangon's central business district. It is accessed b ...
. The township has nine primary schools, three middle schools and four high schools as well as a hospital.
[ Pazundaung Market and Yegyaw Market are the main shopping bazaars of the area.
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Etymology
The Burmese placename Pazundaung is of Mon origin; the original Mon placename ''Pasonde'' (မသုန်ဒဵု) literally translates as "five hills," consisting of Pudaw, Ma-u, Mahlwa, Peinne, and Nyaung hills.
History
After Alaungpaya
Alaungpaya ( my, အလောင်းဘုရား, ; also spelled Alaunghpaya or Alaung-Phra; 11 May 1760) was the founder of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). By the time of his death from illness during his campaign in Siam, this f ...
annexed Dagon (now modern-day Yangon) in 1755, he appointed Thiri Ye Hla Kyawhtin to administer the village of Pazundaung.First
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and Second Anglo-Burmese Wars, Pazundaung continued to be administered as a village.Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung
Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung, Duke of Lekaing C.S.I. ( my, ကင်းဝန်မင်းကြီး ဦးကောင်း, also spelt U Gaung; 3 February 1822 – 30 June 1908) was a chief minister during the reigns of King Mindon and Thibaw, ...
documented his travels in Pazundaung after making a pilgrimage to Shwedagon Pagoda
The Shwedagon Pagoda (, ); mnw, ကျာ်ဒဂုၚ်; officially named ''Shwedagon Zedi Daw'' ( my, ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်, , ) and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda is a gilded stupa ...
in 1874.
Population
Pazundaung Township has 48,455 residents as of 2014 with 54.3% females and 45.7% male residents.
Landmarks
Pazundaung township was the easternmost part of the original city plan laid out the British. Some of the buildings and structures of "architectural significance" are now designated landmarks by the Yangon City Development Committee.
In popular culture
Pazundaung features in "Shwebo Thanakha" (ရွှေဘိုသနပ်ခါး), a popular traditional Burmese song written by .
References
{{Administrative divisions of Burma (Myanmar)
Townships of Yangon