Mayangon Township ( my, မရမ်းကုန်း မြို့နယ် ; is located in the northern 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 ...

. The township comprises ten wards, and shares borders with

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 t ...

and

Mingaladon Township Mingaladon Township ( my, မင်္ဂလာဒုံ မြို့နယ် ) is located in the northernmost part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 31 wards, and shares borders with Hmawbi Township in the north, North Okkalapa Towns ...

in the north, North Dagon Township, North Okkalapa Township,

South Okkalapa Township South Okkalapa Township ( my, တောင်ဥက္ကလာပ မြို့နယ် ) is located in the eastern part of Yangon. The township comprises 14 wards, and shares borders with North Okkalapa Township in the north, North Dagon Tow ...

and

Yankin Township Yankin Township ( my, ရန်ကင်း မြို့နယ်, ) is located in the north-central part of Yangon. The township comprises 15 wards, and shares borders with Mayangon township in the north, Thingangyun township and South Okka ...

in the east, the

Hlaing river The Yangon River (also known as the Rangoon River or Hlaing River) is formed by the confluence of the Pegu and Myitmaka Rivers in Myanmar. It is a marine estuary that runs from Yangon (also known as Rangoon) to the Gulf of Martaban of the And ...

, Hlaing Township and Hlaingthaya Township in the west, and

Kamayut Township Kamayut Township ( my, ကမာရွတ် မြို့နယ်, ; also spelt Kamaryut Township) is located in the north central part of Yangon. The township comprises ten wards, and shares borders with Hlaing township in the north, Hlaing ...

and

Bahan Township Bahan Township ( my, ဗဟန်း မြို့နယ်, ) is located in the north central part of Yangon. The township comprises 22 wards, and shares borders with Yankin Township and Mayangon Township in the north, Sanchaung Township and ...

in the south. The township has 30 primary schools, seven middle schools and five high schools. One of the upscale neighbourhoods such as Parami is included in Mayangon Township.

Landmarks

The following is a list of landmarks protected by the city in Mayangon township.

References

{{Administrative divisions of Burma (Myanmar) Townships of Yangon