Dagon Seikkan Township

Dagon Seikkan Township ဒဂုံဆိပ်ကမ်း မြို့နယ်
Township of Yangon
Dagon Seikkan Township
Dagon Seikkan Township
Coordinates: 16°51′24″N 96°16′58″E
Country	Myanmar
Region	Yangon Region
City	Yangon
Township	Dagon Seikkan
Area
• Total	85.4 km^2 (32.973 sq mi)
Population  (December 2008)[1]
• Total	93,823
• Density	1,100/km^2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MST)
Postal codes	11441
Area code(s)	1, (80, 99: mobile)
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Dagon Seikkan Township (Burmese: ဒဂုံဆိပ်ကမ်း မြို့နယ် [dəɡòʊɰ̃ sʰeɪʔkáɰ̃ mjo̰nɛ̀]) is an urban township of Yangon, Myanmar.

Geography

Dagon Seikkan Township is located in the east-central part of the city of Yangon. Dagon Seikkan Township shares borders with Hlegu Township to the north, South Dagon Township to the northwest, Thaketa Township to the southwest, and Thanlyin Township across the Bago River to the east and southeast.

Since 2007, Dagon Seikkan has been linked to Thanlyin Township by the Dagon Bridge, the second bridge to be built across the Bago River in Yangon.^[3]

Administration

As of 2009^[update], Dagon Seikkan consisted of 39 wards and five village tracts.^[1]

Demographics

Satellite communities and industry moved into the township in the 1990s, growing from a rural population of under 10,000 to almost 100,000 by 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Education

As of 2000^[update], the township had 10 primary schools, two middle schools and a high school.^[2] The township is in an industrial area of the city.^[1] Nationalities Youth Resource Development Degree College, Yangon is located in the township.^[4]

Economy

The Samanea Yangon Market, a wholesale and retail market in Dagon Seikkan Township, was built in 2020.^[5][6]

Notes

1. "Profile Dagon Myothit (Seikkan) Township" (PDF). Myanmar Management Information Unit (MIMU). April 2009. Retrieved 2010-12-30. ^{[dead link‍]}
2. "Dagon Seikkan Township". Yangon City Development Committee. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
3. "Dagon Bridge inaugurated in Dagon Myothit Seikkan Township". The New Light of Myanmar. 28 October 2007. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
4. "Nationality Youths Resource Development Degree College (Yangon)". The New Light of Myanmar. 6 July 2005. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
5. Myint, Yee Ywal (2020-08-20). "Samanea Market to open in November". The Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
6. "Samanea Yangon Market to Launch in November". Myanmar Business Today. 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2021-04-14.