Botataung Township

For other uses, see Botataung.

Botahtaung Township ဗိုလ်တစ်ထောင် မြို့နယ်
Township of Yangon
Botahtaung Township
The Secretariat and city block
Botahtaung Township Location within Myanmar
Coordinates: 16°46′3″N 96°9′5″E
Country	Myanmar
Region	Yangon Region
City	Yangon
District	Botataung District
Area
• Total	2.4 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Elevation	1.8 m (6 ft)
Population  (2000)
• Total	42,000
• Density	18,000/km2 (46,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC6:30 (MST)
Postal codes	11161, 11162, 11163
Area codes	1 (mobile: 80, 99)
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Botataung Township (Burmese: ဗိုလ်တစ်ထောင် မြို့နယ် [bòtətʰàʊɰ̃ mjo̰nɛ̀]; also Botahtaung Township) is an area of Yangon, Myanmar. Named after the Botahtaung Pagoda, the township consists of ten wards, and shares boundaries with Pazundaung Township in the north and east, Seikkan Township and Yangon River in the south, Kyauktada Township in the west and Mingala Taungnyunt township in the north.

The township has five primary schools, two middle schools, six high schools and a university. The township is home to three public and three private hospitals, including East Yangon General Hospital, also called Gandhi Hospital, one of the major hospitals in Yangon. One of the country's two Burmese language dailies, Kyemon, is based out of here. (The township used to boast four national dailies--Kyemon, and the now defunct newspapers, The Botathaung and Loketha Pyithu Neizin, the Burmese-language version of the Working People's Daily.)

St. Mary's Cathedral at the corner of Bo Aung Kyaw Road

Basic Education High School 6 Botahtaung

In October 2012, Pearl Land Company won a rental bid from the Myanma Port Authority to redevelop the Botahtaung jetty into a recreation area with hotels.