Botataung Township


Botataung 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.
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, one of the major hospitals in Yangon. One of the country's two Burmese language dailies Kyemon, is based out of here.
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.

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.

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.
StructureTypeAddressNotes
Botahtaung PagodaPagodaStrand RoadOriginal 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 ChurchChurch152 Bo Myat Tun Road
Compressor Station233-237 Maha Bandula Road
Ministers' Building Government office300 Theinbyu RoadThe administrative center of the British government from 1889. The site of Gen. Aung San's assassination in 1947. No longer in use.
BEHS 2 BotahtaungSchool152 Bo Myat Tun Roadformerly, St. Peter's High School
BEHS 4 BotahtaungSchool300 Theinbyu Roadformerly, St. Mary's Convent School
BEHS 5 BotahtaungSchoolCorner of Anawrahta Road and 45 street-
BEHS 6 BotahtaungSchoolAnawrahta Roadformerly, St. Paul's English High School
Printing & Publishing Enterprise228 Theinbyu Road
St. Mary's CathedralChurch372 Bo Aung Kyaw RoadLargest cathedral in Myanmar