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South Dagon Township
Township of Yangon, Myanmar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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South Dagon Township (also South Dagon Myothit; Burmese: ဒဂုံမြို့သစ်တောင်ပိုင်း မြို့နယ် [dəɡòʊɰ̃ mjo̰ðɪʔ tàʊɰ̃báɪɰ̃ mjo̰nɛ̀]) 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.[2] 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.[2] It is home to the University of Culture, Yangon.
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Demographics
The Bamar make up the majority of the township's population, while the Rakhine and Karen are the largest minority groups.[3]
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References
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