Shwepyitha Township (; ) is located in the northwestern 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 comprises 27 wards and 3 village tracts, and shares borders with
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 north,
Mingaladon Township to the east, the
Yangon river to the west, and
Insein Township
Insein Township (, ) is located in northern Yangon. The township comprises 21 wards, and shares borders with Shwepyitha township in the north, Hlaingthaya township in the west, Mingaladon township in the east and Mayangon township in the s ...
to the south.
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Geography
Incorporated into the city of Yangon in 1986, Shwepyitha is now developing and has basic municipal services. Improvements include tidy and broad main roads and many streets form a grid. Hlaing River separates Shwepyitha and Hlaingtharyar. Shwepyitha Bridge was built in 1996 and now it is a useful bridge in Yangon and is also the start of the Yangon-Pathein-Chaungthar Highway. Htan Chauk Pin Junction is regarded as the centre of Shwepyitha and many well known places are there. Shwepyitha Advanced Theatre (3D) was opened in March 2017. There are many gyms and shops around its centre.
At night, the street-market of Htan Chauk Pin offers dining. Ruby Market is the most famous market. Bogyoke Aungsan Road, Bayint Naung Road, No. 4 Highway, etc. are the most popular roads in the town. The Yangon Circular Railway passes through the township. Its railway station is also at the Yangon-Pyay-Mandalay Railway.
Economy
The township has the Shwepyitha Industrial Zone, Yangon's first industrial park
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first developed in 1990. The Industrial Zone was expanded in 1999 to Zone 2 and Zone 3. As of 2001, all of Zone 1 was sold and developed. Zone 2 remained at 35% developed while Zone 3's were also all sold out. In 2022, the Shwepyitha Industrial Zone 1 employed about 50,000 workers at 200 factories. By then it was only one of 29 total indsturial zones in the Yangon metropolitan area
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.
Education
The township has 50 primary schools, 20 middle schools and 7 high schools.[
The most famous high school is B.E.H.S No. 1 and B.E.H.S No. 3.][ There are nearly 30 middle (branch) schools and 10 high (branch) schools. Private schools include Kaung Su San, Aung Thukha, New Life, Myint Mo Yape, Education Palace, etc. ]University of Computer Studies, Yangon
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and Government Technical Institute ( Shwepyitha) are located there, too.
Many Language Centres teach English, Korean, Japanese and Chinese. Many restaurants and hotels as well as motels are there. Many job opportunities can be available in Shwepyitha because it has the Shwepyitha Industrial Zone, Warr Ta Ya Industrial Zone and Thardukan Industrial Zone. Dagon Beverage Company Limited also exists there.
Demographics
The Bamar
The Bamar people (Burmese language, Burmese: ဗမာလူမျိုး, ''ba. ma lu myui:'' ) (formerly known as Burmese people or Burmans) are a Sino-Tibetan-speaking ethnic group native to Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). With an esti ...
make up the vast majority of the township's population, while the Rakhine and Karen are notable minority groups.
References
{{Administrative divisions of Burma (Myanmar)
Townships of Yangon