Dagon Myothit District
Dagon Myothit District
ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်ခရိုင် New Dagon District | |
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District | |
A street in Dagon Seikkan | |
Dagon Myothit District in Yangon Region | |
| Coordinates: 16°55′26″N 96°17′13″E / 16.924°N 96.287°E | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Region | Yangon Region |
| City | Yangon |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Htoo Lwin |
| Area code | +951 |
Dagon Myothit District (Burmese: ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်ခရိုင်, lit. 'New Dagon City District') is the easternmost District of Yangon in Yangon Region, Myanmar. The district contains four townships and was created in 2022, being one of the new districts created from the former East Yangon District.[1]
Administration
The district has four townships- North Dagon Township, East Dagon Township, South Dagon Township and Dagon Seikkan Township.[2] The district received a new district-level court.[3] The district organises a firefighting training course based out of North Dagon Township.[4]
History
The district's four townships were all created as new satellite towns in 1989 by the State Peace and Development Council military government. As of 2009, much of the district remained largely undeveloped and lacked basic municipal services.[5][6]
In the 21st century, the district received more development attention. Dagon Seikkan Township was linked to the growing Thanlyin Township south of the Bago River by the Dagon Bridge, the second bridge to be built across the River in Yangon Region.[7] The township also contains various areas with industrial zoning.[8]
Notable Sites
Dagon University, located in North Dagon Township, is one of the largest universities in Myanmar with a large 1,582-acre (6.40 km2) campus offering bachelor's and master's degrees in liberal arts and sciences to full-time, part-time and online students.[9]
Dagon Seikkan has seen new commercial retail developments in the 2020s like Samanea Yangon Market.[10]
See also
References
- ^ "နေပြည်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးနှင့် ပြည်နယ်များတွင် ခရိုင် ၄၆ ခရိုင် အသစ်တိုးချဲ့ဖွဲ့စည်းသည့်အတွက် စုစုပေါင်းခရိုင် ၁၂၁ ခရိုင်ရှိလာ".
- ^ "Expansion of new districts: New districts expanded in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". Myanmar International Television. 2 May 2022.
- ^ "14 new district courts expanded in Yangon Region" (in Burmese). 19 August 2022.
- ^ Myint Myint Yee (19 November 2024). "ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်(မြောက်ပိုင်း) မြို့နယ်၌ ခရိုင်အဆင့် အဆင့်မြင့် မီးငြှိမ်းသတ်ရေးနှင့် ရှာဖွေကယ်ဆယ်ရေးသင်တန်းဖွင့်ပွဲ ကျင်းပ" [District-level advanced firefighting and search and rescue training course opens in Dagon Myothit (North) Township]. Ministry of Information.
- ^ "South Dagon Township". Yangon City Development Committee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
- ^ "East Dagon Township". Yangon City Development Committee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
- ^ "Dagon Bridge inaugurated in Dagon Myothit Seikkan Township". The New Light of Myanmar. 28 October 2007. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- ^ "Profile Dagon Myothit (Seikkan) Township" (PDF). Myanmar Management Information Unit (MIMU). April 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ "Dagon University Profile" (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 2011-04-30. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ^ Myint, Yee Ywal (2020-08-20). "Samanea Market to open in November". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-14.