North Okkalapa Township ( my, မြောက်‌ဥက္ကလာပ မြို့နယ် ) is located in the eastern 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 19 wards, and shares borders with

Hlegu Township Hlegu Township ( my, လှည်းကူး မြို့နယ်, ) is a မြို့နယ် of Yangon Burma, Burma (Myanmar). It is northeast of the city Yangon and is largely rural. The township's Paunglin Dam and Ngamoeyeik Re ...

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 Dagon Township (also North Dagon Myothit; my, ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်မြောက်ပိုင်း မြို့နယ် ) is located in the eastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 25 wards, and shares ...

in the east,

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 ...

and

Mayangon Township Mayangon Township ( my, မရမ်းကုန်း မြို့နယ် ; is located in the northern part of Yangon. The township comprises ten wards, and shares borders with Insein Township and Mingaladon Township in the north, North Dag ...

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 Mayangon township and

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 ...

in the south. North Okkalapa was one of the satellite towns established in 1959. Today, it is a firmly established part of the city, albeit with ''nominal'' access to the city's electricity grid and sewer system. It is located in the 5 to 30 minute drive zone to Yangon International Air Port, the primary and busiest

international airport An international airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries around the world. International airports are usually larger than domestic airports and they must feature longer r ...

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, located in

. For those who loves local trips, Aung Mingalar High Way Bus Station is located within 30 min drive zone from the township.

Education

The township has 30 government primary schools, seven middle schools and five high schools. It is also homeland to one of the most selective universities in the nation: the

University of Medicine 2, Yangon The University of Medicine 2, Yangon ( my, ဆေးတက္ကသိုလ်(၂) ရန်ကုန် ; formerly, Institute of Medicine 2) is a university of medicine, located in North Okkalapa, Yangon, Myanmar. The university offers M.B ...

, and the

University of Pharmacy, Yangon The University of Pharmacy, Yangon ( my, ဆေးဝါး တက္ကသိုလ် (ရန်ကုန်) ), located in North Okkalapa, Yangon, is one of two pharmacy schools in Myanmar. The university offers Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm ...

. Free monastery Foreign Speaking Training Classes and paid ones can be found in the zone. Also, Private soft skill training schools and computer training centers are located most of strategic locations in the township.

Health

The

North Okkalapa General Hospital The North Okkalapa General Hospital is an affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Medicine 2, Yangon, located in North Okkalapa Township in the eastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. Structure The North Okkalapa General Hospital was affiliat ...

, an affiliated teaching hospital of the University of Medicine 2, is the major hospital for the township and vicinity. Waibargi Hospital is well-known for providing medical treatments regarding infectious diseases. Many private hospitals such as La Gabar, OSC and Shwe LaMin hospitals which are well-known for treatments and services are located in the township. Moreover, there are so many private clinics can be found everywhere in the township.

Parks And Gardens

Landmarks - Pagoda

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References

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