Botahtaung Township
ဗိုလ်တစ်ထောင် မြို့နယ် | |
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Township of Yangon | |
| Botahtaung Township | |
  Botahtaung Township | |
| Coordinates: 16°46′3″N 96°9′5″E / 16.76750°N 96.15139°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Division | Yangon Region |
| City | Yangon |
| Township | Botahtaung |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.4 km2 (0.92 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2 m (6 ft) |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 42,000 |
| • Density | 18,000/km2 (46,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC6:30 (MST) |
| Postal codes | 11161, 11162, 11163 |
| Area code(s) | 1 (mobile: 80, 99) |
| YCDC[1] | |
Botataung Township (Burmese: ဗိုလ်တစ်ထောင် မြို့နယ် [bòtətʰàʊɰ̃ mjo̰nɛ̀]; also Botahtaung Township) is an area of Yangon, Myanmar. Named after the Botahtaung Pagoda, the township consists of ten wards, and shares borders with Pazundaung Township is in the north and the east, Seikkan Township and Yangon River in the south, Kyauktada Township in the west and Mingala Taungnyunt township in the north.[1]
The township has five primary schools, two middle schools, six high schools and a university. The township is home to three public and three private hospitals, including East Yangon General Hospital, also called Gandhi Hospital, one of the major hospitals in Yangon.[1] One of the country's two Burmese language dailies Kyemon, is based out of here. (The township used to boast four national dailies--Kyemon, and the now defunct newspapers, The Botathaung and Loketha Pyithu Neizin, the Burmese-language version of the Working People's Daily.)
In October 2012, Pearl Land Company won a rental bid from the Myanma Port Authority to redevelop the Botahtaung jetty into a recreation area with hotels.[2][3]
- ^ a b c "Botahtaung Township". Yangon City Development Committee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ "Pearl Land Favourite to Win Ygn Float Hotel Bid". Myanmar Update. 19 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ "Pearl Land Co offers 100 million kyats monthly to win tender for hotel services". Weekly Eleven. 22 October 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.