Hlaingthaya Township

Hlaingthaya Township
လှိုင်သာယာ
  • Hlinethaya
  • Hlaing Tharyar
  • Hlaing Thar Yar
Township of Yangon
Hlaingthaya Township
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Hlaingthaya Township is located in Myanmar
Hlaingthaya Township
Hlaingthaya Township
Coordinates: 16°51′0″N 96°4′0″E / 16.85000°N 96.06667°E / 16.85000; 96.06667
CountryBurma (Myanmar)
DivisionYangon
CityYangon
TownshipHlaingthaya
Settled1985[1]
Area
 • Total67.4 km2 (26.01 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC6:30 (MST)
Postal codes
11401, 11402
Area code(s)1 (mobile: 80, 99)
YCDC[2]

Hlaingthaya Township (Burmese: လှိုင်သာယာ မြို့နယ်, pronounced [l̥àiɰ̃θàjà mjo̰nɛ̀]; also spelt Hlaing Tharyar and Hlinethaya) is located in the western part of Yangon, Myanmar. One of the biggest and most populous townships in the country with 15% of Yangon's urban population living there, Hlaingthaya also has a major industrial and factory presence.[4] While Hlaingthaya is a largely working class suburb, developers have also built luxury housing developments in the southeastern part of the township.

The township comprises 20 wards and nine village tracts and shares borders with Htantabin Township in the north and west, Insein Township, Mayangon Township, and Hlaing Township in the east across the Yangon River, and Twante Township in the south.[2]

  1. ^ Kyaw Kyaw (2006). Frauke Krass; Hartmut Gaese; Mi Mi Kyi (eds.). Megacity yangon: transformation processes and modern developments. Berlin: Lit Verlag. pp. 333–334. ISBN 3-8258-0042-3.
  2. ^ a b "Hlaingthaya Township". Yangon City Development Committee. Archived from the original on 5 September 2005. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Profile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Thar, Hein (2019-11-06). "Government seeks to tame Hlaing Tharyar, Yangon's wild west". Frontier Myanmar. Retrieved 2023-02-26.