Hlaingthaya East Township
Hlaingthaya (East) Township
လှိုင်သာယာ (အရှေု့ပိုင်း) မြို့နယ် | |
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Informal Housing next to factories, Hlaingtharya | |
location in Insein District | |
| Coordinates: 16°51′54″N 96°04′41″E / 16.865°N 96.078°E | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Region | Yangon Region |
| City | Yangon |
| District | Insein District |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.05 sq mi (31.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 100 ft (30 m) |
| Population | 302,149 |
| • Ethnicities | |
| • Religions | |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MMT) |
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Hlaingthaya East township (Burmese: လှိုင်သာယာ (အရှေု့ပိုင်း) မြို့နယ်) is a township in Insein District, Yangon Region, Myanmar. The township is part of the city of Yangon and is divided into 9 urban wards and 5 village tracts grouping together a total of 9 villages. It is one of the few Yangon city townships with rural settlements. The township was split from the larger Hlaingthaya Township on 27 January 2020 according to Legal Notification 32/2020. While Hlaingthaya is a largely working class suburb, developers have also built luxury housing developments in the southeastern part of the township.