Twante or Twantay District () is a

District A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

in southwest

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 ...

, Myanmar. Portions of the district on the southern banks of the Yangon River are more incorporated into 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 district was created in 2022, being one of the new districts created from the former South Yangon District, incorporating five townships.

Administration

The district has five townships.

Dala Township Dala or Dalla Township (, ) is located on the southern bank of Yangon river across from downtown Yangon, Myanmar. The township, made up of 23 wards and 23 village tracks (including 50 villages), is bounded by the Yangon River in the north and east ...

and Seikkyi Kanaungto Township are both townships that have some inclusion in Yangon city. The remaining three townships are

Kawhmu Township Kawmhu Township ( ) is a township of Yangon Region, Myanmar. It is located in the southwestern section of the Region. Kawhmu was one of the townships in Yangon Region most affected by Cyclone Nargis. The township only has one town, the princ ...

, Kungyangon Township and

Twante Township Twante Township also Twantay Township (, ) is a township in the Yangon Region of Burma (Myanmar). It is located west across the Hlaing River from the city of Yangon. The principal town and administrative seat is Twante. The township is home to ...

. The Twante Township Court was upgraded to a district-level court.

References

Districts of Myanmar Yangon Region 2022 establishments in Myanmar {{Yangon-geo-stub

Administration

See also

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