Pazundaung Township ( ) is a township located in the southeastern part 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 ...
,
Myanmar
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. The township consists of ten wards, and shares borders with
Botataung Township in the west and the south,
Mingala Taungnyunt Township in the northwest,
Thaketa Township in the north and the
Pazundaung Creek in the east. Pazundaung is connected to
Dawbon Township across the
Maha Bandula Bridge. The township has nine primary schools, three middle schools and four high schools as well as a hospital.
[ Pazundaung Market and Yegyaw Market are the main shopping bazaars of the area.
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Etymology
The Burmese placename Pazundaung is of Mon origin; the original Mon placename ''Pasonde'' (မသုန်ဒဵု) literally translates as "five hills," consisting of Pudaw, Ma-u, Mahlwa, Peinne, and Nyaung hills.
History
After Alaungpaya
Alaungpaya (, ; also spelled Alaunghpaya or Alaung-Phra; 11 May 1760) was the founder and first emperor of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. By the time of his death from illness during his Burmese–Siamese War (1759–60), campaign in Siam, this ...
annexed Dagon (now modern-day Yangon) in 1755, he appointed Thiri Ye Hla Kyawhtin to administer the village of Pazundaung. In 1757, Thiri Ye Hla Kyawhtin and the mayor of Yangon jointly renovated the Dhamma Wilatha temple in Pazundaung.
Following the annexation of Lower Burma after the First and Second Anglo-Burmese Wars, Pazundaung continued to be administered as a village. Kinwun Mingyi U Kaung documented his travels in Pazundaung after making a pilgrimage to Shwedagon Pagoda
The Shwedagon Pagoda (, ; ), officially named ''Shwedagon Zedi Daw'' (, , ), and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar.
The Shwedagon is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanma ...
in 1874.
Population
Pazundaung Township has 48,455 residents as of 2014 with 54.3% females and 45.7% male residents.
Landmarks
Pazundaung township was the easternmost part of the original city plan laid out the British. Some of the buildings and structures of "architectural significance" are now designated landmarks by the Yangon City Development Committee.
In popular culture
Pazundaung features in "Shwebo Thanakha" (ရွှေဘိုသနပ်ခါး), a popular traditional Burmese song written by .
References
{{Administrative divisions of Burma (Myanmar)
Townships of Yangon