Twante District
Twante District
တွံတေးခရိုင် | |
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District | |
_-_panoramio_(31).jpg) A stream in Twante Township | |
 Twante District in Yangon Region | |
| Coordinates: 16°37′48″N 96°03′04″E / 16.630°N 96.051°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Region |  Yangon Region |
| City | Yangon (partial) |
| Area code | +951 |
Twante or Twantay District (Burmese: တွံတေးခရိုင်) is a District in southwest Yangon Region, Myanmar. Portions of the district on the southern banks of the Yangon River are more incorporated into the city of Yangon The district was created in 2022, being one of the new districts created from the former South Yangon District, incorporating five townships.[1]
Administration
[edit]The district has five townships. Dala Township and Seikkyi Kanaungto Township are both townships that have some inclusion in Yangon city. The remaining three townships are Kawhmu Township, Kungyangon Township and Twante Township.[2] The Twante Township Court was upgraded to a district-level court.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "နေပြည်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးနှင့် ပြည်နယ်များတွင် ခရိုင် ၄၆ ခရိုင် အသစ်တိုးချဲ့ဖွဲ့စည်းသည့်အတွက် စုစုပေါင်းခရိုင် ၁၂၁ ခရိုင်ရှိလာ".
- ^ "Expansion of new districts: New districts expanded in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". Myanmar International Television. 2 May 2022.
- ^ "14 new district courts expanded in Yangon Region" (in Burmese). 19 August 2022.
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| Taikkyi District |   | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hlegu District | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hmawbi District | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yangon |
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1 - partially in Yangon city; 2 - part of Yangon city | |||||||||||||||||||
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