Latha Township is located in the western part of downtown 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...

, and shares borders with Lanmadaw township

Lanmadaw Township

Lanmadaw Township is located in the western part of downtown Yangon, and shares borders with Ahlon township in the west, Latha township in the east, Seikkan township and Yangon river in the south, and Dagon township in the north. It consists of twelve wards and is home to five primary schools, two...

 in the west, Pabedan township

Pabedan Township

Pabedan Township is located in the center of downtown Yangon, Myanmar. The township is home to Bogyoke Aung San Market and Theingyi Market, two of the largest shopping centers in all of Yangon...

 in the east, Seikkan township

Seikkan Township

Seikkan Township is a township located in the western part of Yangon, Myanmar. One of the smallest townships, Seikkan consists of just three wards. It has a primary school and a hospital.-References:...

 and 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...

 in the south, and Dagon township

Dagon Township

Dagon Township is located immediately north of downtown Yangon. The township comprises five wards, and shares borders with Bahan township in the north, Ahlon township in the west, Mingala Taungnyunt township in the east, and Lanmadaw township, Latha township and Pabedan township in the south.Dagon...

 in the north. It consists of ten wards and is home to three primary schools, one middle school and two high schools. Lanmadaw and Latha townships make up the Yangon Chinatown

Chinatown

A Chinatown is an ethnic enclave of overseas Chinese people, although it is often generalized to include various Southeast Asian people. Chinatowns exist throughout the world, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Americas, Australasia, and Europe. Binondo's Chinatown located in Manila,...

.

Landmarks

Latha township has many colonial period buildings, many of which are protected by the city.

Structure	Type	Address	Notes
BEHS 1 Latha	School	270 Shwedagon Pagoda Road
BEHS 2 Latha	School	112 Bogyoke Aung San Road Bogyoke Aung San Road Bogyoke Aung San Road is a major road of southern Yangon, Burma. It crosses the city in a west-east direction, running parallel with Maha Bandula Road. The road contains several hospitals, Yangon General Hospital is just off the road....
Buddhist Great Ordination Hall	Buddhist Temple	550 Maha Bandula Road Maha Bandula Road Maha Bandula Road is a major road of southern Yangon, Burma. It crosses the city in a west-east direction and runs parallel to Bogyoke Aung San Road. It runs past Maha Bandula Park and eventually to Maha Bandula Bridge....
Cholia Darga Mosque	Mosque	239 29th Street
Cholia Jamah Mosque	Mosque	114 Bo Sun Pet Street (Corner of Maha Bandula Road)
Fujian Kheng Hock Keong Temple Kheng Hock Keong Temple Kheng Hock Keong Temple , located on the corner of Sintodan Street and Strand Road in Latha Township, Yangon , Burma , is the largest and oldest Chinese Buddhist and Taoist temple dedicated to the Chinese goddess Mazu in Yangon. It was originally built as a wooden temple in 1861 and completed in 1863...	Chinese Buddhist Temple	426-432 Strand Road Strand Road, Yangon Strand Road is a major road in downtown Yangon, Burma. It crosses the city in a west-east direction and runs parallel to the Yangon River. It contains many important government buildings, including the Ministry of Trade building, court and the British embassy. It also contains the 5-star hotel,...  (Corner of Sinohdan Road)
Guanyin Gumiao Temple Guanyin Gumiao Temple Guanyin Gumiao Temple is one of two major Chinese temples located in Latha Township in Yangon's Chinatown. It was founded by the Cantonese community of Yangon in 1823, but was destroyed by a fire in December I855, and subsequently rebuilt in 1864, with two additional brick buildings to the side...  (Guangdong Guanyin Temple)	Chinese Buddhist Temple	668 Maha Bandula Road (Corner of Latha Road)
Holy Trinity Cathedral Holy Trinity Cathedral, Yangon Holy Trinity Cathedral is the primary Anglican cathedral in Myanmar , located on Bogyoke Aung San Road in Latha Township, Yangon. The cathedral was designed by Robert Chisholm, a Madras-based architect, in the Indo-Saracenic style to adapt to warm and humid conditions...	Church	446 Bogyoke Aung San Road
Jain Temple	Jain Temple	76-78 29th Street
Jewish Synagogue	Synagogue	85 26th Street
Long Shan Tang Temple Long Shan Tang Temple Long Shan Tang Temple is a Hokkien Chinese clan temple located on Anawrahta Road in Latha Township, part of Yangon's Chinatown. It was founded by members of the Tseng and Khoo clans from Fujian province in 1877. The temple is dedicated to ancestor worship.-See also:*Fushan Si Temple*Guanyin...  (龍山堂)	Chinese Buddhist Temple	53-55 Anawrahta Road
Maha Peinne Hindu Temple	Hindu Temple	149 24th Street
Mughal Shia Mosque	Mosque	91 30th Street
Myanma Department Store	Office	19-43 Bo Soon Pet Street
Myanma Economic Bank Branch 4	Office	625 Merchant Road (Corner of 30th Street)
Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise is a national oil and gas company of Burma. The company is a sole operator of oil and gas exploration and production, as well as domestic gas transmission through a onshore pipeline grid....  (MOGE) Headquarters	Office	604-608 Merchant Road
Myanma Post and Telecommunications Accounts Office	Office	465-469 Maha Bandula Road
St. John’s Catholic Church	Church	368 Bo Sun Pet Street
Sri Kalima Hindu Temple	Hindu Temple	295 Konzedan Road
Sri Kamichi Hindu Temple	Hindu Temple	375 Bogyoke Aung San Road (Corner of Bo Sun Pet Street)
Sri Satanarayan Hindu Temple	Hindu Temple	23 29th Street
Yangon General Hospital Yangon General Hospital The Yangon General Hospital is a major public hospital in Yangon, Myanmar. Located in a 14-hectare compound, the 1500-bed hospital consists of three Medical Wards, three Surgical Wards, one Trauma and Orthopaedic Ward, and 24 Specialist Departments for inpatient care. The hospital also runs an ER...	Hospital	Bogyoke Aung San Road