Hmawbi Township () is located in
Hmawbi District
Hmawbi District () is a District in Yangon Region, Myanmar. It is north of the city of Yangon and contains Hmawbi Township and Htantabin Township.
Background
The district was created alongside a larger reorganization of Yangon Region's subdiv ...
, northwest of
Yangon
Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Dev ...
City. The principal town and administrative seat is
Hmawbi
Hmawbi () is the principal town of Hmawbi Township near the Yangon River in northern Yangon Region, southern Myanmar. On 30 April 2022, it became the capital of the new Hmawbi District when the North Yangon District North Yangon District is a ...
.
The Hmawbi airport is at Indan, northeast of the town of Hmawbi.
In 2014, the township had 244,607 people.
Borders
The
Hlaing River forms the western border of Hmawbi Township, which borders on:
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Taikkyi Township to the north;
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Hlegu Township
Hlegu Township (, ) is the only township in Hlegu District () in northern Yangon Region, Myanmar. It is northeast of the city Yangon and is largely rural. The township only has one town: the principal town of Hlegu, which has five urban wards. Th ...
to the east;
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Mingaladon Township to the southeast;
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Shwepyitha Township
Shwepyitha Township (; ) is located in the northwestern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 27 wards and 3 village tracts, and shares borders with Htantabin Township to the north, Mingaladon Township to the east, the Yangon river to ...
to the south; and
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Htantabin Township
Htantabin Township (, ) is a township in Hmawbi District located on the western border of central Yangon Region, Myanmar. Its administrative seat is Htantabin which is located in the southeastern part of the township on the western bank of the ...
to the southwest, west and northwest.
Notes
External links
"Hmawbi Township, Yangon Region"map ID: MIMU154 Hmawbi Township 090227 v01, February 2009, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
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Technological University exists in Hmawbi Township also
Aung Zabu Monastery Operating licenses for steel smelters that do not relocate to the Industrial Zone are not renewed.
Townships of Yangon Region
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