Hlaingthaya Township is located in the western part of Yangon

Yangon

Yangon is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Region . Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial...

, Myanmar

Myanmar

Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....

. The township comprises 20 wards and nine village tracts, and shares borders with Htantabin Township

Htantabin Township

Htantabin Township is a township located on the western border of central Yangon Region, Burma . Its administrative seat is Htantabin which is located in the southeastern part of the township on the western bank of the Hlaing River just south of its confluence with the Kokkowa River.The township...

 in the north and west, Insein Township, Mayangon Township

Mayangon Township

Mayangon Township is located in the northern part of Yangon. The township comprises ten wards, and shares borders with Insein township and Mingaladon township in the north, North Okkalapa township and Yankin township in the east, the Hlaing river and Hlaingthaya township in the west, and Kamayut...

 and Hlaing Township

Hlaing Township

Hlaing Township is an area of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 16 wards and shares borders with Mayangon township and Thamaing Creek in the north, Mayangon township and Inya Lake in the east, Kamayut township in the south and Hlaingthaya township in the west. In 2000, the township's...

 in the east across the Yangon River

Yangon River

The Yangon River is formed by the confluence of the Pegu and Myitmaka rivers and is a marine estuary that runs from Yangon emptying into the Gulf of Martaban of the Andaman Sea...

, and Twante Township

Twante Township

Twante Township is a township in the Yangon Region of Burma .It is located west, across the Hlaing River, from the city of Yangon. The principal town and administrative seat is Twante.-Communities:...

 in the south.

Hlaingthaya is the most developed of the new satellite towns founded in the 1980s. Hlaingthaya Industrial Zone, consisted of mostly garment and other light industries, is one of the largest industrial parks in the country. Showpiece gated communities of the wealthy like the FMI City and Pun Hlaing Garden Residences in the southeastern part of the township are the domain of the country's elite and are arguably among the best communities in the country. After Cyclone Nargis

Cyclone Nargis

Cyclone Nargis , was a strong tropical cyclone that caused the worst natural disaster in the recorded history of Burma. The cyclone made landfall in Burma on Friday, May 2, 2008, causing catastrophic destruction and at least 138,000 fatalities...

 the township experienced a jump in population due to refugees.

The township is connected to other parts of Yangon across the Yangon river over the Aung Zeya Bridge and the Bayinnaung Bridge, and to Twante township over the Pan Hlaing river by the Pan Hlaing Bridge.

Education

The township has 46 primary schools, 8 middle schools and 4 high schools. Yangon Technological University

Yangon Technological University

Yangon Technological University ' , located in Gyogone, Yangon, is the premier engineering university of Myanmar. Established as Department of Engineering under Rangoon University in 1924, and popular known by its former name RIT , YTU is the country's oldest and largest engineering university, and...

also maintains a campus in Hlaingthaya.

External links

• "Profile Hlaingtharyar Township" April 2009, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)