East Dagon Township | |
Native Name: | Burmese: ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်အရှေ့ပိုင်း မြို့နယ် |
Official Name: | East Dagon Township |
Postal Code: | 11451 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
Pushpin Map: | Burma |
Settlement Type: | Township of Yangon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Myanmar |
Subdivision Type1: | Division |
Subdivision Name1: | Yangon |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Yangon |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | East Dagnorth dagon. on |
Area Code: | 1 /(mobile phone:+9595+) |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 35.148 |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Total: | 71,000 |
Established Date: | 1989[1] |
Established Title: | Settled |
Footnotes: | YCDC[2] |
Coordinates: | 16.8833°N 96.2833°W |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | 6:30 |
East Dagon Township (also East Dagon Myothit; my|ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်အရှေ့ပိုင်း မြို့နယ် in Burmese pronounced as /dəɡòʊɰ̃ mjo̰ðɪʔ ʔəʃḛbáɪɴ mjo̰nɛ̀/) is located in the easternmost part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 54 wards and three village tracts. It shares borders with Hlegu Township in the north, North Dagon Township in the west, and South Dagon Township in the south and west.[2] One of new satellite towns founded in 1989 by the military government that came to power in 1988, East Dagon is still largely undeveloped and lacks basic municipal services.
The township has 19 primary schools, four middle schools and two high schools.[2]
The Ngamoyeik creek cuts through East Dagon Township. The Toe Gyaung Ga Lay railway station is a stop on the Yangon–Mandalay Railway. Several bus lines connect East Dagon to downtown and other parts of the city.