Kamayut Township is located in the north central 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...

. The township comprises ten wards, and shares borders with 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 north, Hlaing township and Kyimyindaing township

Kyimyindaing Township

Kyimyindaing Township is located in the western part of Yangon, and shares borders with Kamayut township in the north, the Yangon river and Twante township in the west, Sanchaung township in the east, and Ahlon township in the south. It consists of 21 wards...

 in the west, the Inya Lake

Inya Lake

Inya Lake is the largest lake in Yangon, Burma , a popular recreational area for Yangonites, and a famous location for romance in popular culture...

, Bahan township

Bahan Township

Bahan Township is located in the north central part of Yangon. The township comprises 22 wards, and shares borders with Yankin township and Mayangon township in the north, Sanchaung township and Kamayut township in the west, Tamwe township in the east, and Dagon township and Mingala Taungnyunt...

 and 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...

 in the east, and Sanchaung township

Sanchaung Township

Sanchaung Township is located in the north central part of Yangon. The township comprises 18 wards, and shares borders with Kamayut township in the north, Kamayut township and Bahan township in the east, Kyimyindaing township in the west, and Dagon township and Ahlon township in the south...

 in the south. The name Kamayut roughly means Khmer

Mon people

The Mon are an ethnic group from Burma , living mostly in Mon State, Bago Division, the Irrawaddy Delta, and along the southern Thai–Burmese border. One of the earliest peoples to reside in Southeast Asia, the Mon were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Burma and Thailand...

 Region, which may be an indicator of the possibility of the existence of a Mon settlement earlier.

One of the most prosperous areas in Yangon, Kamayut is also the "college town" of the Yangon. Pyay Road

Pyay Road

Pyay Road is a major thoroughfare of Yangon, Burma and the first stage of the National Highway 1 which eventually leads to Mandalay. It crosses the western-central side of the city in a north-south direction...

 which cuts across the township is lined with many education and media related institutions such as Myanmar Radio and Television

Myanmar Radio and Television

Myanmar Radio and Television is the parent of state-run Myanmar Radio National Service, and a television channel. The television channels are broadcast from its broadcast center in Kamayut, Yangon...

 headquarters. Yangon University, the University of Medicine 1, Yangon, the Yangon Institute of Economics

Yangon Institute of Economics

The Yangon Institute of Economics is the premier university of economics and business in Myanmar. Founded as the Department of Economics of Yangon University in 1924, the institute became an independent university of higher learning in 1964...

, the Yangon Institute of Education

Yangon Institute of Education

The Yangon Institute of Education , located in Kamayut, Yangon, is the premier university of education in Myanmar. Primarily a teacher training college, the institute offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs in education to the country's prospective primary, secondary and tertiary...

 and affiliated TTC

TTC Yangon

The Practising High School Yangon Institute of Education is a high school in Yangon, Myanmar. TTC stands for Teachers' Training College, which is now Institute of Education...

 and University of Distance Education, Yangon are all located in the township. The township has twelve primary schools, two middle schools and five high schools.

Landmarks

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

Structure	Type	Address	Notes
Judson Chapel	Church	Yangon University Estate
Universities Buddhist Center (Dhammayon)		University Avenue University Avenue -Canada:*University Avenue *University Avenue *University Avenue *University Avenue *University Avenue *University Street, Montreal-United States:...
Universities Sanatorium		University Avenue
Yangon University Arts Hall	University	Yangon University Estate
Yangon University Ava Hall	University dormitory	Yangon University Estate
Yangon University Bago Hall	University dormitory	Yangon University Estate
Yangon University Convocation Hall	University	Yangon University Estate
Yangon University Dagon Hall	University dormitory	Yangon University Estate
Yangon University Inya Hall	University dormitory	Yangon University Estate
Yangon University Nawaday Hall	University dormitory	Thaton Lane
Yangon University Pinya Hall	University dormitory	Yangon University Estate
Yangon University Pyay Hall	University dormitory	Pyay Road
Yangon University Sagaing Hall	University dormitory	Yangon University Estate
Yangon University Sciences Hall	University	Yangon University Estate
Yangon University Sciences Hall	University	Yangon University Estate
Yangon University Shwebo Hall	University dormitory	Yangon University Estate
Yangon University Tagaung Hall	University dormitory	Pyay Road
Yangon University Thaton Hall	University dormitory	Yangon University Estate
Yangon University Thiri Hall	University dormitory	Yangon University Estate