Latha Township

Coordinates: 16°46′51″N 96°8′59″E / 16.78083°N 96.14972°E / 16.78083; 96.14972
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Latha Township
လသာ မြို့နယ်
Township of
UTC6:30 (MST)
Postal codes
11131
Area code(s)1 (mobile: 80, 99)
YCDC[1]

Latha Township (

Dagon township in the north. It consists of ten wards and is home to three primary schools, one middle school and two high schools.[1] Lanmadaw and Latha Townships make up the Yangon Chinatown
.

Population

Latha Township is populated with a total of 25,057 people among which 42.8% male residents and 57.2% female residents as of 2014.[2]

Landmarks

Latha township has many colonial period buildings, many of which are protected by the city.[3]

Structure Type Address Notes
BEHS 1 Latha
School 270 Shwedagon Pagoda Road Former Central High School
BEHS 2 Latha
School 112 Bogyoke Aung San Road Former St. John's Convent School
Buddhist Great Ordination Hall Buddhist Temple 550 Maha Bandula Road
Cholia Darga Mosque Mosque 239 29th Street
Cholia Jamah Mosque Mosque 114 Bo Sun Pet Street (Corner of Maha Bandula Road)
Fujian
Kheng Hock Keong Temple
Chinese Buddhist Temple 426-432 Strand Road (Corner of Sinohdan Road)
Guanyin Gumiao Temple (Guangdong Guanyin Temple) Chinese Buddhist Temple 668 Maha Bandula Road (Corner of Latha Road)
Holy Trinity Cathedral Church 446 Bogyoke Aung San Road
Jain Temple Jain Temple 76-78 29th Street
Jewish Synagogue Synagogue 85 26th Street
Long Shan Tang Temple (龍山堂) Chinese Buddhist Temple 53-55
Anawrahta Road
Maha Peinne Hindu Temple Hindu Temple 149 24th Street
Mughal Shia Mosque Mosque 91 30th Street
Myanma Department Store Office 19-43 Bo Soon Pet Street
Myanma Economic Bank Branch 4 Office 625 Merchant Road (Corner of 30th Street)
Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) Headquarters Office 604-608 Merchant Road
Myanma Post and Telecommunications
Accounts Office
Office 465-469 Maha Bandula Road
St. John’s Catholic Church Church 368 Bo Sun Pet Street
Sri Kalima Hindu Temple Hindu Temple 295 Konzedan Road
Sri Kamichi Hindu Temple Hindu Temple 375 Bogyoke Aung San Road (Corner of Bo Sun Pet Street)
Sri Satanarayan Hindu Temple Hindu Temple 23 29th Street
Yangon General Hospital Hospital Bogyoke Aung San Road

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References

  1. ^ a b "Latha Township". Yangon City Development Committee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  2. ^ "Township Profiles | MIMU". themimu.info. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  3. ^ "Special Reports: Heritage List". The Myanmar Times. 2001-10-29. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009.