Botataung Township

For other uses, see Botataung.

Botataung Township (Burmese: ဗိုလ်တစ်ထောင် မြို့နယ် [bòtətʰàʊɰ̃ mjo̰nɛ̀]; also Botahtaung Township) is an area of Yangon, Myanmar. Named after the Botahtaung Pagoda, the township consists of ten wards, and shares borders with Pazundaung Township is in the north and the east, Seikkan Township and Yangon River in the south, Kyauktada Township in the west and Mingala Taungnyunt township in the north.^[1]

Botahtaung Township ဗိုလ်တစ်ထောင် မြို့နယ်
Township of Yangon
Botahtaung Township
The Secretariat and city block
Botahtaung Township
Coordinates: 16°46′3″N 96°9′5″E
Country	Myanmar
Region	Yangon Region
City	Yangon
District	Botataung District
Area
• Total	2.4 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (6 ft)
Population  (2000)
• Total	42,000
• Density	18,000/km2 (46,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC6:30 (MST)
Postal codes	11161, 11162, 11163
Area codes	1 (mobile: 80, 99)
YCDC[1]

The township has five primary schools, two middle schools, six high schools and a university. The township is home to three public and three private hospitals, including East Yangon General Hospital, also called Gandhi Hospital, one of the major hospitals in Yangon.^[1] One of the country's two Burmese language dailies Kyemon, is based out of here. (The township used to boast four national dailies--Kyemon, and the now defunct newspapers, The Botathaung and Loketha Pyithu Neizin, the Burmese-language version of the Working People's Daily.)

St. Mary's Cathedral at the corner of Bo Aung Kyaw Road

Basic Education High School 6 Botahtaung

In October 2012, Pearl Land Company won a rental bid from the Myanma Port Authority to redevelop the Botahtaung jetty into a recreation area with hotels.^[2][3]

Population

As of March 2018, population in Botataung Township is reported to be around 40,000 with a majority of females being over 21,000 and males being over 18,000.^[4]

Landmarks

As Botahtaung township was part of the original city plan implemented by the British, it still has many colonial era buildings. Some of the buildings and structures of "architectural significance" are now designated landmarks by the Yangon City Development Committee.^[5]

Structure	Type	Address	Notes
Botahtaung Pagoda	Pagoda	Strand Road	Original arrival place of 8 strands of the Buddha hair relic. Today, contains one hair of the Buddha encased in a unique, hollow chedi restored after World War II. Also features a Buddha image recovered from the British in 1948.
Ciyin Baptist Church	Church	152 Bo Myat Tun Road
Compressor Station		233-237 Maha Bandula Road
Ministers' Building (Secretariat)	Government office	300 Theinbyu Road	The administrative center of the British government from 1889.[6] The site of Gen. Aung San's assassination in 1947. No longer in use.
BEHS 2 Botahtaung	School	152 Bo Myat Tun Road	formerly, St. Peter's High School
BEHS 4 Botahtaung	School	300 Theinbyu Road	formerly, St. Mary's Convent School
BEHS 5 Botahtaung	School	Corner of Anawrahta Road and 45 street
BEHS 6 Botahtaung	School	Anawrahta Road	formerly, St. Paul's English High School
Printing & Publishing Enterprise		228 Theinbyu Road
St. Mary's Cathedral	Church	372 Bo Aung Kyaw Road	Largest cathedral in Myanmar

See also

• National Management Degree College (NMDC)