Kyauktada Township

Kyauktada Township (Burmese: ကျောက်တံတား မြို့နယ် [tɕaʊʔdədá mjo̰nɛ̀]) 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.[1]

Kyauktada Township ကျောက်တံတား မြို့နယ်
Township of Yangon
Kyauktada Township
City Hall and the Sule Pagoda as seen from Maha Bandula Park
Kyauktada Township
Coordinates: 16°46′27.92″N 96°9′31.52″E
Country	Myanmar
Division	Yangon
City	Yangon
Township	Kyauktada
Area
• Total	0.6 km^2 (0.25 sq mi)
Population  (2000)
• Total	37,000
• Density	57,000/km^2 (150,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC6:30 (MST)
Postal codes	11181, 11182
Area code(s)	1; (mobile: 80, 99)
YCDC[1]

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 (now Sule Shangri-La), 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.

Sule Pagoda

Yangon City Hall

The former High Court building in downtown Yangon

Sakura Tower (80+m), 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.[2]

Structure	Type	Address	Notes
Central Bank of Myanmar	Government office	24-26 Sule Pagoda Road	Old Central Bank building
Central Fire Station	Government office	137-139 Sule Pagoda Road
Central Post Office		39-41 Bo Aung Kyaw Road (and Merchant Road)
Central Naval Hydrographic Depot	Government office	55-61 Strand Road
City Hall	Government office	Maha Bandula Road
Customs House		132 Strand Road
Emmanuel Baptist Church	Church	411 Maha Bandula Garden Street (and Maha Bandula Road)
Department of Fire Services	Government office	127-133 Sule Pagoda Road
Department of Information and Public Relations	Government office	22-24 Pansodan Road
Department of Immigration and Registration	Government office	416 Maha Bandula Garden Street (and Maha Bandula Road)
Department of Internal Revenue	Government office	55-61 Pansodan Road
Department of Labour	Government office	138-158 Pansodan Road (and Maha Bandula Road)
Department of Pensions	Government office	27 Bank Street
Embassy of Australia	Embassy	88 Strand Road
Embassy of India	Embassy	545-547 Merchant Road (and 36th Street)
Embassy of UK	Embassy	80 Strand Road
Embassy of USA	Embassy	581 Merchant Road
High Court	Court	89-133 Pansodan Road	Former High Court building
Inland Water Transport		44-54 Pansodan Road
Methodist Church	Church	239 Seikkantha Road
Ministry of Hotel and Tourism	Government office	77-91 Sule Pagoda Road
Myanma Agricultural and Village Tract Development Bank		526-532 Merchant Road
Myanma Economic Bank	Government office	564 Maha Bandula Garden Street (and Merchant Road)
Myanma Economic Bank Branch-2 and Savings Bank Branch-4	Government office	27-41 Pansodan Road
Myanma Economic Bank Branch-3	Government office	15-19 Sule Pagoda Road (and Strand Road)
Myanma Export Import Enterprise	Government office	579 Merchant Road (and Maha Bandula Garden Street)
Myanma Insurance	Government office	142-144 Sule Pagoda Road
Myanma Industrial Development Bank	Government office	26-42 Pansodan Road
Myanma Insurance (Fire & Engineering)	Government office	128-132 Pansodan Road
Myanma Posts and Telecommunications	Government office	125-133 Pansodan Road (and Maha Bandula Road)
Myanma Port Authority	Government office	2-20 Pansodan Road
Science & Technology Division, Cybermec		550-552 Merchant Road
Strand Hotel	Hotel	92 Strand Road
Sule Pagoda	Pagoda	Sule Pagoda Road
Sunni Jamah Bengali Mosque	Mosque	93 Sule Pagoda Road
Surti Sunni Jamah Mosque	Mosque	224-228 35th Street
Yangon Division Office Complex	Government office	56-66 Bank Street	Old Police Commissioner's Office
Yangon Division Statistics Office	Government office	22-34 Bank Street
Yangon Divisional Court (Civil)	Court	1 Pansodan Road

References

1. "Kyauktada Township". Yangon City Development Committee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
2. "Special Reports: Heritage List". The Myanmar Times. 2001-10-29. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009.