Botataung District (, officially Bohtataung District) is a

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, Myanmar. It is a township in downton

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and contains five townships. The district was created in 2022, being one of the new districts created from the former

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. The Maha Bandula Bridge connects the western historic half with the eastern half of the district across the Pazundaung Creek.

Administration

The district has five townships-

Botataung Township Botataung Township ( ; also Botahtaung Township) is an area of Yangon, Myanmar. Named after the Botahtaung Pagoda, the township consists of ten wards, and shares borders with Pazundaung Township is in the north and the east, Seikkan Township a ...

, Mingala Taungnyunt Township and

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on the west side of Pazundaung Creek within

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and Dawbon Township and Thaketa Township east of Pazundaung Creek. The Bohtataung Township Court was upgraded to a district-level court. The district has an Administration Committee chaired by U Aung Lwin. In 2024, it was reported that Lt. Col Maung Maung Soe earned and received 50 million

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every day by checking the residential guest lists in Botataung District by demanding bribes from arrested individuals for their release.

Notable Sites

The district's western half has a significant number of historic sites. Botataung was part of Yangon's original

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city plan, with many colonial era buildings like the Ministers' Building (Secretariat) Complex and St. Mary's Cathedral, the country's largest church, remaining as designated landmarks by the

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. The township also has the

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, which is unique for being a hollow

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being rebuilt after destruction during

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. Strand Road, which also runs west into neighbouring

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, has several notable sites within Botataung District like the British embassy and the

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. The Yangon Central Railway Station is located in this district, serving as a focal point for the city and access to Myanma Railway's national rail network. Mingala Taungnyunt is home to notable recreation sites like

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, built in 1906, and the

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- which includes a zoo, museum and amusement park. To the east on the Thaketa-Dawbon township border, the Yangon Waterboom Park opened in 2016 as another amusement park in the district.

, in the district's west, is an old settlement being founded sometime before 1755, when it was first mentioned during the

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. In contrast, Thaketa Township in the district's east was founded in 1958 to relocated illegal slums into a satellite town. Today, both townships are part of the core of Yangon city, with further suburbs having been built and developed since.

References

{{Yangon Region Districts of Myanmar Yangon Region 2022 establishments in Myanmar

Administration

Notable Sites

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