South Dagon Township
South Dagon Township
ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်တောင်ပိုင်း မြို့နယ် | |
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Township of Yangon | |
| South Dagon Township | |
South Dagon Football Stadium | |
South Dagon Township | |
| Coordinates: 16°51′0″N 96°14′0″E / 16.85000°N 96.23333°E | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Region | Yangon Region |
| City | Yangon |
| District | Dagon Myothit District |
| Settled | 1989[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 79.11 km2 (30.545 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | |
• Total | 371,646 |
| • Density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC6:30 (MST) |
| Postal codes | 11431, 11432, 11433, 11434 |
| Area code(s) | 1 (mobile: 80, 99) |
| YCDC[2] | |
South Dagon Township (also South Dagon Myothit; Burmese: ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်တောင်ပိုင်း မြို့နယ် [dəɡòʊɰ̃ mjo̰ðɪʔ tàʊɰ̃báɪɰ̃ mjo̰nɛ̀]) is located in the southeastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 26 wards and three village tracts, and shares borders with North Dagon Township and East Dagon Township in the north, Thingangyun Township in the west across the Pazundaung Creek, the Bago River in the east, and Dagon Seikkan Township in the south.[2] South Dagon is one of the new satellite towns founded in 1989 by the military government.
The township has 31 primary schools, seven middle schools and three high schools.[2] It is home to the University of Culture, Yangon.
Demographics
The Bamar make up the majority of the township's population, while the Rakhine and Karen are the largest minority groups.[3]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "South Dagon Township". Yangon City Development Committee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
- ^ "ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်(တောင်ပိုင်း)မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက်များ" [South Dagon Myothit Township Regional Facts] (PDF). General Administration Department (in Burmese). 2019-09-30. p. 6.