Latha Township


Latha Township is located in the western part of downtown Yangon, and shares borders with Lanmadaw township in the west, Pabedan township in the east, Seikkan township and Yangon river in the south, and Dagon township in the north. It consists of ten wards and is home to three primary schools, one middle school and two high schools. Lanmadaw and Latha Townships make up the Yangon Chinatown.

Population

Latha Township is populated with a total of 25,057 people among which 42.8% male residents and 57.2% female residents as of 2014.

Landmarks

Latha township has many colonial period buildings, many of which are protected by the city.
StructureTypeAddressNotes
BEHS 1 LathaSchool270 Shwedagon Pagoda RoadFormer Central High School
BEHS 2 LathaSchool112 Bogyoke Aung San RoadFormer St. John's Convent School
Buddhist Great Ordination HallBuddhist Temple550 Maha Bandula Road
Cholia Darga MosqueMosque239 29th Street
Cholia Jamah MosqueMosque114 Bo Sun Pet Street
Fujian Kheng Hock Keong TempleChinese Buddhist Temple426-432 Strand Road
Guanyin Gumiao Temple Chinese Buddhist Temple668 Maha Bandula Road
Holy Trinity CathedralChurch446 Bogyoke Aung San Road
Jain TempleJain Temple76-78 29th Street
Jewish SynagogueSynagogue85 26th Street
Long Shan Tang Temple Chinese Buddhist Temple53-55 Anawrahta Road
Maha Peinne Hindu TempleHindu Temple149 24th Street
Mughal Shia MosqueMosque91 30th Street
Myanma Department StoreOffice19-43 Bo Soon Pet Street
Myanma Economic Bank Branch 4Office625 Merchant Road
Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise HeadquartersOffice604-608 Merchant Road
Myanma Post and Telecommunications Accounts OfficeOffice465-469 Maha Bandula Road
St. John’s Catholic ChurchChurch368 Bo Sun Pet Street
Sri Kalima Hindu TempleHindu Temple295 Konzedan Road
Sri Kamichi Hindu TempleHindu Temple375 Bogyoke Aung San Road
Sri Satanarayan Hindu TempleHindu Temple23 29th Street
Yangon General HospitalHospitalBogyoke Aung San Road

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