Sanchaung Township
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Sanchaung 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 18 wards, and shares borders with Kamayut township
Kamayut Township
Kamayut Township is located in the north central part of Yangon. The township comprises ten wards, and shares borders with Hlaing township in the north, Hlaing township and Kyimyindaing township in the west, the Inya Lake, Bahan township and Mayangon township in the east, and Sanchaung township in...

 in the north, Kamayut township and 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...

 in the east, 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, 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...

 and Ahlon township
Ahlon Township
Ahlon Township is located in the western part of Yangon. The township comprises eleven wards, and shares borders with Sanchaung township and Kyimyindaing township in the north, the Yangon river in the west, Dagon township in the east, and Lanmadaw township in the south...

 in the south. The township has 19 primary schools, two middle schools and four high schools.

Landmarks

The following is a list of landmarks protected by the city in Sanchaung township.
Structure Type Address Notes
Anglican Religious Training Center Office 196 Kyundaw Lane
BEHS 2 Sanchaung School 29 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...

Former St. Philomena's Convent High School
Catholic Bishops' Conference of Myanmar School 292-A Pyay Road
Chinese Buddhist Nuns’ Temple Temple 35 Tayok Kyaung Lane
Kodatgyi Pagoda Pagoda Bagaya Lane
Kyimyindaing Railway Station Rail Station 292-A Pyay Road Kyimyindaing Railway Station Lane
Kyundaw Ordination Hall Monastery Bagaya Lane
Myenigon Jamah Mosque Mosque 248 Bagaya Lane
Okkyaung Bagaya Monastery Monastery 241 U Wisara Lane
Sarpay Beikman Office 361 Pyay Road
Weluwun Monastery Monastery Weluwun Lane
Zeyawadi Monastery Monastery Zeyawadi Lane
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