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Mingaladon District
မင်္ဂလာဒုံခရိုင် | |
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District | |
 Mingaladon District in Yangon Region | |
| Coordinates: 16°59′02″N 96°06′58″E / 16.984°N 96.116°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Region |  Yangon Region |
| City | Yangon |
| Area code | +951 |
Mingaladon District (Burmese: မင်္ဂလာဒုံခရိုင်) is a District in northern Yangon Region, Myanmar. It the northernmost district of Yangon and contains Mingaladon Township and Shwepyitha Township. The district was created in 2022, being one of the new districts created from the former North Yangon District.[1]
Geography
Mingaladon District is home to the Yangon International Airport.
The open zoo Hlawga Park, which protects evergreen, mixed deciduouss and swamp forest for environmental education, and the adjoining Hlawga Lake is located within the district.[2][3]
It also has the Shwepyitha Industrial Zone, Yangon's first industrial park first developed in 1990.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "နေပြည်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးနှင့် ပြည်နယ်များတွင် ခရိုင် ၄၆ ခရိုင် အသစ်တိုးချဲ့ဖွဲ့စည်းသည့်အတွက် စုစုပေါင်းခရိုင် ၁၂၁ ခရိုင်ရှိလာ".
- ^ Beffasti, L.; Gallanti, V., eds. (2011). "Hlawga". Myanmar Protected Areas: Context, Current Status and Challenges (PDF). Milano, Yangon: Istituto Oikos, Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association. pp. 30–31.
- ^ "Hlawaga Park". Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
- ^ "INDUSTRIAL ZONES IN YANGON". Online Burma Library. September 2001. Retrieved 19 April 2005.
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