Seikkyi Kanaungto Township ( my, ဆိပ်ကြီးခနောင်တို မြို့နယ် ) is located on the southwestern 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 comprises eight wards, and is bounded by the Yangon river in the north, 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 east, 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 and west. The township is still largely rural and undeveloped mainly because it still lacks a bridge across the Yangon river to downtown.
Seikkyi Kanaungto has 16 primary schools, and one high school.
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References
{{Administrative divisions of Burma (Myanmar)
Townships of Yangon