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Dagon Township

FieldValue
nameDagon Township
native_nameဒဂုံ မြို့နယ်
official_nameDagon Township
postal_code11191
postal_code_typePostal codes
pushpin_mapBurma
settlement_typeTownship of Yangon
image_skylineShwedagon-Pano.jpg
imagesize200px
image_captionShwedagon Pagoda
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameMyanmar
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Yangon Region
subdivision_type2City
subdivision_name2Yangon
subdivision_type3District
subdivision_name3Kyauktada District
area_codes1 (mobile: 80, 99)
area_total_km24.7
population_as_of2014
population_density_km2auto
population_total25,082
footnotesYCDC
coordinates
timezoneMST
utc_offset6:30

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 is home to some of the city's most prominent places, including the great Shwedagon Pagoda, the Maha Wizaya Pagoda, the National Museum, the National Theatre and the Yangon Region Hluttaw (Parliament). This prosperous neighborhood has many hotels, embassies and diplomatic residences. The township's Dagon 1 High School and Dagon 2 High School are considered among the top public high schools in the country.

On 6 February 2011, the Taw Win Centre, a major shopping and residential complex, was opened in the township. Construction on the 25-story complex began in 2004, but was stopped during the country's banking crisis, before resuming in March 2008. The country's first 3D movie theater opened at the Taw Win Centre on 1 March 2012. In June 2011, the Sitagu Sayadaw opened the Yangon campus of the Sitagu International Buddhist Academy in Dagon Township.

History

Dagon ( ) was a small fishing village founded by the Mon in the 6th century, CE, around the Shwedagon Pagoda. Throughout history, the village was just on the periphery of Thanlyin (Syriam), the commercial city across the Yangon River. Still, because of the pagoda, Dagon's cultural significance was far greater than its size. In 1755, King Alaungpaya captured the village, renamed it Yangon (most commonly translated as "End of Strife"), and founded a larger city by adding settlements such as Ahlon, Pabedan, Kyauktada, and Botataung.

During the British colonial period, Dagon was mostly a prosperous neighborhood, though the areas closer to downtown were full of squatters. Dagon boasted both the Methodist English High School, one of the top English-language medium schools and the nationalist Burmese language medium high school, Myoma High School.

In the 1950s, the Burmese government cleared the squatters in the southern part of the township and built the Minmanaing Housing Project for senior civil servants. In the 1980s, when Gen. Ne Win commissioned the Maha Wizaya Pagoda, Dagon gained another prominent pagoda. Dagon Town was designated a township in 1971.

Demographics

2014

|1973 | 35,746 |1983 | 35,541 |2014 | 25,082

The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Dagon Township had a population of 25,082. The population density was 5,370.8 people per km2. The census reported that the median age was 30.4 years, and a sex ratio of 90 males per 100 females. There were 4,608 households; the median household size was 4.4.

Landmarks

The city protects the following landmarks in Dagon township.

StructureTypeAddressNotes
BEHS 1 DagonSchool57 Alanpyapaya RoadFormer Methodist English High School
BEHS 2 DagonSchool353 Myoma Kyaung LaneFormer Myoma High School
Department of Public Health LaboratoryHealth clinic35 Mawgundaik Lane
Diplomatic Residence CompoundHousing82 Pyidaungzu Yeiktha Avenue (Corner of Pyay Road)
Eindawya PagodaPagodaMyoma Kyaung Lane
India HouseOffice35 Diplomat Avenue
Kyargu MonasteryMonastery49 Shwedagon Pagoda Road
Maha Wizaya PagodaPagodaShwedagon Pagoda Road
Methodist English ChurchChurch65 Alanpyapaya Road
Ministry of Foreign AffairsOffice37 Diplomat Avenue
National Archives DepartmentOffice114 Pyidaungzu Yeiktha Avenue
St. Gabriel's ChurchChurch64 Shwedagon Pagoda Road
St. John's Catholic ChurchChurch25 Mawgundaik Lane (Corner of Shwedagon Pagoda Road)
Sein Yaungchi PagodaPagodaShwedagon Pagoda Road
Shwedagon PagodaPagodaShwedagon Pagoda Road
Yahanda Ordination HallTempleShwedagon Pagoda Road
Zafar Shah DargaShrine6 Ziwaka Lane

References

References

  1. "Dagon Township". Yangon City Development Committee.
  2. San Oo. (16 May 2011). "Meet the press: hints of change as Yangon govt calls weekly conference". [[The Myanmar Times]].
  3. Kyaw Hsu Mon. (21 March 2011). "South Korean alleged to have absconded with $50,000". Myanmar Times.
  4. (25 February 2008). "Work to resume on Taw Win Complex". Myanmar Times.
  5. Zon Pann Pwint. (5 March 2012). "New 3D Cineplex opens in Yangon". Myanmar Times.
  6. Thein, Cherry. (20 June 2011). "Sitagu opens Yangon academy". Myanmar Times.
  7. (2017). "ဒဂုံမြို့နယ်ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက်များ".
  8. (1987). "Rangoon Division 1983 Population Census". Immigration and Manpower Department.
  9. "၁၉၇၃ ခုနှစ်၊ လူဦးရေသန်းခေါင်စာရင်း (ရန်ကုန်တိုင်း)". ပြည်ထဲရေးနှင့်သာသနာရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန.
  10. (October 2017). "Dagon Township Report".
  11. (2001-10-29). "Special Reports: Heritage List". Myanmar Times.
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