Kyauktada Township


Kyauktada Township is the center of downtown Yangon, Myanmar. The township consists of nine wards, and shares borders with Botataung Township in the east, Seikkan Township and Yangon River in the south, Pabedan Township in the west and Mingala Taungnyunt Township in the north.
The township is home to many historic buildings, including the Sule Pagoda, the City Hall, the High Court Building, the Strand Hotel as well as embassies of the UK and India. Three of the tallest buildings in Yangon, the Traders Hotel, the Sakura Tower, and the Center Point Tower are located in Kyauktada. Many government offices are headquartered here. Maha Bandula Park across from Sule Pagoda and the city hall is a major recreational area in the downtown area.
The township has five primary schools, one middle school and one high school. Many of its school children attend high schools in nearby townships of Botataung and Pabedan.
, one of few modern office buildings in Yangon

Landmarks

As Kyauktada township was part of the original city plan implemented by the British, it is dotted with many colonial era buildings, including 39 landmark buildings and structures protected by the city.
StructureTypeAddressNotes
Central Bank of MyanmarGovernment office24-26 Sule Pagoda RoadOld Central Bank building
Central Fire StationGovernment office137-139 Sule Pagoda Road
Central Post Office39-41 Bo Aung Kyaw Road
Central Naval Hydrographic DepotGovernment office55-61 Strand Road
City HallGovernment officeMaha Bandula Road
Customs House132 Strand Road
Emmanuel Baptist ChurchChurch411 Maha Bandula Garden Street
Department of Fire ServicesGovernment office127-133 Sule Pagoda Road
Department of Information and Public RelationsGovernment office22-24 Pansodan Road
Department of Immigration and RegistrationGovernment office416 Maha Bandula Garden Street
Department of Internal RevenueGovernment office55-61 Pansodan Road
Department of LabourGovernment office138-158 Pansodan Road
Department of PensionsGovernment office27 Bank Street
Embassy of AustraliaEmbassy88 Strand Road
Embassy of IndiaEmbassy545-547 Merchant Road
Embassy of UKEmbassy80 Strand Road
Embassy of USAEmbassy581 Merchant Road
High CourtCourt89-133 Pansodan RoadFormer High Court building
Inland Water Transport44-54 Pansodan Road
Methodist ChurchChurch239 Seikkantha Road
Ministry of Hotel and TourismGovernment office77-91 Sule Pagoda Road
Myanma Agricultural and Village Tract Development Bank526-532 Merchant Road
Myanma Economic BankGovernment office564 Maha Bandula Garden Street
Myanma Economic Bank Branch-2 and Savings Bank Branch-4Government office27-41 Pansodan Road
Myanma Economic Bank Branch-3Government office15-19 Sule Pagoda Road
Myanma Export Import EnterpriseGovernment office579 Merchant Road
Myanma InsuranceGovernment office142-144 Sule Pagoda Road
Myanma Industrial Development BankGovernment office26-42 Pansodan Road
Myanma Insurance Government office128-132 Pansodan Road
Myanma Posts and TelecommunicationsGovernment office125-133 Pansodan Road
Myanma Port AuthorityGovernment office2-20 Pansodan Road
Science & Technology Division, Cybermec550-552 Merchant Road
Strand HotelHotel92 Strand Road
Sule PagodaPagodaSule Pagoda Road
Sunni Jamah Bengali MosqueMosque93 Sule Pagoda Road
Surti Sunni Jamah MosqueMosque224-228 35th Street
Yangon Division Office ComplexGovernment office56-66 Bank StreetOld Police Commissioner's Office
Yangon Division Statistics OfficeGovernment office22-34 Bank Street
Yangon Divisional Court Court1 Pansodan Road