Twante Township also Twantay Township (, ) is a

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 the

Yangon Region Yangon Region (, ; formerly Rangoon Division and Yangon Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar. Located in central Myanmar, the region is bordered by Bago Region to the north and east, the Gulf of Martaban to the south, and Ayeyarwady ...

of Burma (Myanmar). It is located west across the Hlaing River from the city 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 ...

. The principal town and administrative seat is Twante. The township is home to the Shwesandaw Pagoda (known as "Golden Hair Relic Pagoda" in English) and it is believed to contain strands of hair from the head of Gautama, and its annual pagoda festival is held on Burmese New Year. Built by the British in 1881, the Twante Canal The longest man made canal in Myanmar is

Twante canal The Twante Canal ( ) is a canal that connects the Irrawaddy River and the Yangon river in Myanmar. The canal is a heavily used short cut between the city of Yangon and the Irrawaddy Division. The canal is named after the town of Twante, located n ...

is the longest man-made canal in Myanmar, providing a shortcut waterway between Irawaddy River and Yangon river. This divides Twante Township across its which divides Twante Township with its length of 35 km and there is one bridge that spans the canal is called Twante bridge. Baungdawgyoke Monastery in Twante Township is famous as there are pagodas including the replica of Mahabodhi Temple. SHWESADAW PAGODA TWANTAY

History

During the

British rule in Burma British colonial rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the successive three Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of ''Burma'' as a province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally i ...

George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to a ...

was a police officer in Twante, responsible for the security of some 200,000 people.

Communities

The 220 villages of Twante Township are organized into 65 village tracts and 8 urban wards."Profile Twantay Township"
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), April 2009 Twante Township is well known for its pottery activities handled by a few families since several generations.
Tourism Myanmar, June 2015 It is also area of fish farming in Yangon region.

Transport

A water bus on the river connects with Yangon.

References

External links

"Twantay Township, Yangon Division"
map ID: MIMU154 Twantay Township 090227 v01, February 2009, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
"Disaster Risk Reduction: Twantay Township"
5 July 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), map showing Village Tracts
"Twante Google Satellite Map"
Maplandia World Gazetteer Townships of Yangon Region {{Yangon-geo-stub