Tamwe Township (also Tarmwe Township; my, တာမွေ မြို့နယ်, ) is located in east central

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 20 wards, and shares borders with

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 north,

Thingangyun Township Thingangyun Township (, ) is located in the eastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 38 wards, and shares borders with South Okkalapa township in the north, North Dagon township in the east, Yankin township and Tamwe township in th ...

and

Mingala Taungnyunt Township Mingala Taungnyunt Township ( my, မင်္ဂလာ‌တောင်ညွန့် မြို့နယ် ; also spelled Mingalar Taung Nyunt) is a township of Yangon, Myanmar. Located in the east-central part of the city, the township co ...

in the east,

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 west, and Mingala Taungnyunt township in the south.

Etymology

"Tamwe" derives from the Mon language term "Tamoa" ( mnw, တာမွဲ; ), which means "one toddy palm tree."

Education

The township has 30

primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...

s, four

middle school A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school. ...

s and six high schools.

Population

As of 2014 March, Tamwe has a population of 165,313 with 45.2% male residents and 54.8% female residents.

Landmarks

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

References

{{Authority control Townships of Yangon