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South Dagon Township

Township of Yangon, Myanmar

Field	Value
name	South Dagon Township
native_name	ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်တောင်ပိုင်း မြို့နယ်
official_name	South Dagon Township
postal_code	11431, 11432, 11433, 11434
postal_code_type	Postal codes
pushpin_map	Burma
settlement_type	Township of Yangon
image_skyline	South Dagon Football Stadion.jpg
imagesize	200px
image_caption	South Dagon Football Stadium
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Myanmar
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Yangon Region
subdivision_type2	City
subdivision_name2	Yangon
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Dagon Myothit District
area_codes	1 (mobile: 80, 99)
area_total_sq_mi	30.545
population_as_of	2014
population_density_km2	auto
population_total	371,646
established_date	1989
established_title	Settled
footnotes	YCDC
coordinates
timezone	MST
utc_offset	6:30

South Dagon Township (also South Dagon Myothit; ) is located in the southeastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 26 wards and three village tracts, and shares borders with North Dagon Township and East Dagon Township in the north, Thingangyun Township in the west across the Pazundaung Creek, the Bago River in the east, and Dagon Seikkan Township in the south. South Dagon is one of the new satellite towns founded in 1989 by the military government.

The township has 31 primary schools, seven middle schools and three high schools. It is home to the University of Culture, Yangon.

Demographics

The Bamar make up the majority of the township's population, while the Rakhine and Karen are the largest minority groups.

References

Kyaw Kyaw. (2006). "Megacity yangon: transformation processes and modern developments". Lit Verlag.
"South Dagon Township". Yangon City Development Committee.
(2019-09-30). "ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်(တောင်ပိုင်း)မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက်များ".

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