Not to be confused with Insein, Kale

Insein, Kale

Not to be confused with Insein TownshipInsein is a village in Kale Township, Kale District, in the Sagaing Region of western Burma....

Insein Township is located in the northern 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...

. The township comprises 21 wards, and shares borders with Shwepyitha township

Shwepyitha Township

Shwepyitha Township is located in the northwestern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 15 wards and five village tracts, and shares borders with Htantabin Township in the north, Mingaladon Township in the east, the Yangon river in the west, and Insein Township in the south...

 in the north, Hlaingthaya township

Hlaingthaya Township

Hlaingthaya Township is located in the western part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 20 wards and nine village tracts, and shares borders with Htantabin Township in the north and west, Insein Township, Mayangon Township and Hlaing Township in the east across the Yangon River, and Twante...

 in the west, and Mingaladon township

Mingaladon Township

Mingaladon Township is located in the northernmost part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 31 wards, and shares borders with Hmawbi township in the north, North Okkalapa township in the east, Insein township and Shwepyitha township in the west, and Mayangon township in the south...

 in the east and south. Insein is home to the Insein Prison

Insein Prison

Insein Prison is located in Yangon Division, near Yangon , the old capital of Myanmar. It is run by the military junta of Myanmar, the State Peace and Development Council, and used largely to repress political dissidents....

, the most notorious prison in the country that houses thousands of political prisoners.

History

Until the 1990s, Insein, about 20 miles from downtown Yangon, was beyond Yangon's city limits although by the 1980s, Insein was already integrated with the rest of the city. With the expansion of Yangon's city limits in the 1990s which also included founding new satellite towns, Insein was formally incorporated into Yangon.

Insein was a famous battle site in the Burmese civil war that erupted after the country's independence from the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 in January 1948. Insein was the limit Karen insurgents reached in January 1949 in their ambitious attempt to take Yangon and oust the Burmese government.

Education

Insein has 33 primary schools, ten middle schools and five high schools. Karen Baptist Theological Seminary

Karen Baptist Theological Seminary

The Karen Baptist Theological Seminary was established in 1845. It is Located in Seminary Hill, Insein, Yangon, Myanmar. The seminary's academic courses are taught primarily in the S'gaw Karen language, with English being used for other purposes. The Burmese language is not used....

, the Myanmar Institute of Theology

Myanmar Institute of Theology

The Myanmar Institute of Theology is a Protestant Christian Baptist seminary located in Insein Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The Judson Research Center and the Peace Studies Center are parts of the Myanmar Institute of Theology...

, the University of Paramedical Science, Yangon, 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...

 and are located in the township.

Landmarks

The following is a list of landmarks protected by the city in Insein township.

Structure	Type	Address	Notes
Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science Institute Headquarters	Office
BEHS 1 Insein	School	Baho Road Part 4 (Mingyi Road)
Criminal Investigation Department (CID)	Office	Lower Mingaladon Road
Government Technical Institute, Insein	College	Lower Mingaladon Road
Insein General Hospital	Hospital	Baho Road Part 4 (Mingyi Road)
Myanmar Institute of Theology Myanmar Institute of Theology The Myanmar Institute of Theology is a Protestant Christian Baptist seminary located in Insein Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The Judson Research Center and the Peace Studies Center are parts of the Myanmar Institute of Theology...	College	Yangon-Insein Road
Su Paung Yon Office Complex	Office	Baho Road Part 4 (Mingyi Road)