South Dagon Township | |
Official Name: | South Dagon Township |
Postal Code: | 11431, 11432, 11433, 11434 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
Pushpin Map: | Burma |
Settlement Type: | Township of Yangon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Myanmar |
Subdivision Type1: | Division |
Subdivision Name1: | Yangon |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Yangon |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | South Dagon |
Area Code: | 1 (mobile: 80, 99) |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 30.545 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Total: | 185,000 |
Established Date: | 1989[1] |
Established Title: | Settled |
Footnotes: | YCDC[2] |
Coordinates: | 16.85°N 96.2333°W |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | 6:30 |
South Dagon Township (also South Dagon Myothit; Burmese: ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်တောင်ပိုင်း မြို့နယ် in Burmese pronounced as /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.