Bo Aung Kyaw Street or Road, formerly Sparks Street is a major street, passing south–north through

Kyauktada Township Kyauktada Township ( my, ကျောက်တံတား မြို့နယ် ) is the center of downtown Yangon, Myanmar. The township consists of nine wards, and shares borders with Botataung Township in the east, Seikkan Township and Y ...

and Botataung Township in southern

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 ...

Burma 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 street begins at an intersection near the Yangon River with Strand Road at , passes north and crosses

Maha Bandula Road Maha Bandula Road ( my, မဟာဗန္ဓုလလမ်း, formerly Dalhousie Road) is a major road of southern Yangon, Burma. It is named in honored of The great King Maha Bandula . It crosses the city in a west–east direction and runs p ...

and

Anawrahta Road Anawrahta Minsaw ( my, အနော်ရထာ မင်းစော, ; 11 May 1014 – 11 April 1077) was the founder of the Pagan Empire. Considered the father of the Burmese nation, Anawrahta turned a small principality in the dry zone ...

before eventually joining Bogyoke Aung San Road at . The street contains a number of historical buildings including Saint Mary's Cathedral, Yangon (located at the very north of the street on the corner with Bogyoke Aung San Road) and Sri Sri Durba Bari Hindu Temple. It is also a major business street; several Burmese airlines and travel companies have their headquarters along this street, as does ''

The Myanmar Times ''The Myanmar Times'' ( ), founded in 2000, is the oldest privately owned and operated English-language newspaper in Myanmar. A division of Myanmar Consolidated Media Co., Ltd. (MCM), ''The Myanmar Times'' published weekly English and Burmese-lan ...

'' and the Burmese Central Post Office, located at 39-41 Bo Aung Kyaw Street. It also has several hotels, such as Aye Yar Hotel located at 170/176 Bo Aung Kyaw Street.

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Streets in Yangon {{Myanmar-road-stub