Dala or Dalla Township ( my, ဒလမြို့နယ်, ) is located on the southern bank of Yangon river across from downtown

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 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 Wells explai ...

. The township, made up of 23 wards and 23 village track (including 50 villages), is bounded by the Yangon river in the north and east, the

Twante Canal The Twante Canal ( my, တွံတေး တူးမြောင်း ) is a canal that connects the Irrawaddy River and the Yangon river in Myanmar. The canal is a heavily used short cut between the city of Yangon and the Irrawaddy Division. ...

in the west, and

Twante Township Twante Township also Twantay Township ( my, တွံတေး မြို့နယ်, ) is a township in the Yangon Region of Burma (Myanmar). It is located west across the Hlaing River from the city of Yangon. The principal town and administ ...

in the south.

History

In 1805, Alaungpaya's fourth son King

Bodawpaya Bodawpaya ( my, ဘိုးတော်ဘုရား, ; th, ปดุง; 11 March 1745 – 5 June 1819) was the sixth king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. Born Maung Shwe Waing and later Badon Min, he was the fourth son of Alaungpaya, fo ...

appointed Htaw Lay as the governor (''myoza'') of Dala (modern Dala and

Twante Twante Township also Twantay Township ( my, တွံတေး မြို့နယ်, ) is a township in the Yangon Region of Burma (Myanmar). It is located west across the Hlaing River from the city of Yangon. The principal town and administra ...

). During the colonial era, Dalla was the site of the major shipyard of the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company.

Contemporary

Despite its strategic location near Yangon, the township is still largely rural and undeveloped mainly because it still lacks a bridge across the Yangon river, with connections between the township and the city being by ferry only. A bridge project was announced for 2017, with an MOU signed with a Korean company, however no building work had begun by June 2019. Dalla has 30 primary schools and two high schools. CrosswaysInDalaYangon2013

References

{{Administrative divisions of Burma (Myanmar) Townships of Yangon Old Cities of Mon people