Hlegu Township (, ) is the only

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

in Hlegu District () in northern

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. It is northeast of the city

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and is largely rural. The township only has one town: the principal town of Hlegu, which has five urban wards. The rural portion of the township contains 168 villages grouped into 57

village tracts A village tract (; also spelt village-tract), also called overvillage, is a fourth-level administrative subdivision of Myanmar's rural townships. As of August 2015, there are 13,602 village tracts in Myanmar, consisting of 70,838 villages. The eq ...

. In April 2022, the township was promoted to become its own district, splitting off from

North Yangon District North Yangon District is a district of the Yangon Region in Myanmar. Townships * East Hlaingthaya * Hlegu * Hmawbi * Htantabin * Insein * Mingaladon * Shwepyitha * Taikkyi Taikkyi () is the capital town of Taikkyi District in northern ...

. The township's Paunglin Dam and Ngamoeyeik Reservoir supply water to over 28,300 hectares (70,000 acres) of farmland between Hlegu and Mingaladon, and nearly 340 million liters (90 million gallons) of water a day to the people living in Yangon. The township is prone to flooding from the Ngamoeyeik River and

Bago River Bago River (; Pegu River) is a river of southern Myanmar. It flows through Bago and Yangon, joining the Yangon River south of downtown Yangon.Schellinger, Paul E. and Salkin, Robert M. (editors) (1996) "Bago (Myanmar)" ''International Diction ...

. In 2014, floods affected 3000 people in the villages of Ngwenanthar, Malit, Sinhpon, Sitpinmyauk and Yaekyaw villages. Blockages in drainage systems also caused severe flooding in Tadagyi village in rural Hlegu Towsnhip. The new Yangon–Mandalay Expressway cuts through the township.

Borders

Hlegu township shares borders with Hmawbi Township and Taikkyi Township in the west,

Bago Township Bago Township or Pegu Township is a township in Bago District in the Bago Region of Burma.

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in the north and east,

North Okkalapa Township North Okkalapa Township ( ) is located in the eastern part of Yangon. The township comprises 19 wards, and shares borders with Hlegu Township and Mingaladon township in the north, North Dagon Township in the east, Mingaladon Township and Maya ...

North Dagon Township North Dagon Township (also North Dagon Myothit; ) is located in the eastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 25 wards, and shares borders with East Dagon Township in the north and east, South Okkalapa township in the west, and Sou ...

and East Dagon Township in the south.

Notes

External links

"Hlegu Township, Yangon Division"
map ID: MIMU154 Hlegu Township 090227 v01, 27 February 2009, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
"Hlegu Google Satellite Map"
Maplandia World Gazetteer {{Authority control Townships of Yangon Region