Hlaingthaya
Hlaingthaya Township is located in the western part of Yangon, Myanmar.
Hlaingthaya Township is located in the western part of Yangon, Myanmar. In the 2010s, it was the most populous townships in the country. The township contained 15% of Yangon's urban population and had a major industrial and factory presence. While Hlaingthaya is a largely working class suburb, developers have also built luxury housing developments in the southeastern part of the township.
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Worth seeing in and around Hlaingthaya
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Yangon
The University of Yangon is a public university in Yangon, Myanmar. Located in Kamayut Township on the southwestern bank of Inya Lake, it is the country's oldest university and celebrated its centenary in 2020.
7.6 km · University in Myanmar · Wikipedia - 02Inya Lake
Inya Lake is the largest lake in Yangon, Burma, a popular recreational area for Yangonites, and a famous location for romance in popular culture. Located 6 miles north of downtown Yangon, Inya Lake is bounded by Parami Road on the north, Pyay Road on the west, Inya Road on the southwest, University Avenue on the south, and Kaba Aye Pagoda Road on the east.
8.5 km · lake · Wikipedia - 03Yangon Technological University
Yangon Technological University is the premier engineering university of Myanmar. It is located in Insein, Yangon.
6.1 km · university in Myanmar · Wikipedia - 04University of Medicine 1, Yangon
The University of Medicine 1, Yangon ရန်ကုန် [sʰé tɛʔkəθò tɪʔ ]; formerly the Institute of Medicine 1), located in Yangon, is the oldest medical school in Myanmar. The university offers M.B.B.S. degrees and graduate degrees in medical science.
7.9 km · medical University · Wikipedia - 05University of Computer Studies, Yangon
The University of Computer Studies, Yangon, located on the outskirts of Yangon in Hlawga, is the leading IT and computer science university of Myanmar. The university, administered by the Ministry of Education, offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in computer science and technology.
7.6 km · university in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 06International Theravāda Buddhist Missionary University
The International Theravāda Buddhist Missionary University is a public university located on the Dhammapāla Hill, Mayangon Township, in Yangon, Myanmar. It was inaugurated on 6th waxing moon of Nadaw, 1360 ME.
9.1 km · a Theravāda Buddhism missionary university in Myanmar · Wikipedia - 07Yangon University of Education
The Yangon University of Education, located in Kamayut, Yangon, is the premier university of education in Myanmar. Primarily a teacher training college, it offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs in education to the country's prospective primary, secondary and tertiary school teachers.
8.1 km · university in Myanmar · Wikipedia - 08University of Foreign Languages, Yangon
The Yangon University of Foreign Languages, also the University of Foreign Languages, Yangon, located in Yangon, is a university for the study of foreign languages in Myanmar. It is one of the two language universities in Myanmar alongside Mandalay University of Foreign Languages.
8.4 km · Asian and European language university in Myanmar · Wikipedia - 09Yangon Drugs Elimination Museum
The Drug Elimination Museum is a museum in Yangon, Myanmar. It opened with an official ceremony on 26 June 2001.
7.9 km · museum in Myanmar · Wikipedia - 10Myanmar Plaza
Myanmar Plaza is one of the largest shopping malls in Yangon, Myanmar. The plaza consists of retail outlets, including home appliance and electronics stores, lifestyle shops, and beauty and fashion shops, and a 4,000 square metres food court with cafes, fast food, dining and teashops.
9.7 km · shopping mall in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hlaingthaya
- Airports
- Yangon (RGN), 10 km
- Stations
- Yangon International Airport, 9.5 km · Danyingon Railway Station, 9.7 km · Insein Railway Station, 5.8 km
- Naypyitaw → Hlaingthaya382 km · quickest by road, 7h 28m · $36–49
- Mandalay → Hlaingthaya570 km · quickest by air, 5h 24m · $200–300
- Chiang Mai → Hlaingthaya377 km · quickest by air, 4h 55m · ฿2,510–3,890
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Hlaingthaya
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hlaingthaya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAncient buses ferry passengers to their aircraft.
- Get in150 years ago, boats were the way to get to places from Yangon and IWT (Inland Water Transport) passenger ferries still ply the major rivers.
- Get inThe ferry leaves Pyay every Friday at 06:30 and arrives in Yangon on Sunday at 21:40.
- Get inA luxury ferry (the Delta Queen) recalls the colonial era on the Yangon-Pathein route (about 20 hr, US$170/person).
- Get inThe IWT ferry to Pathein takes 15 hr for the overnight trip (US$35/10).
From Wikivoyage: Yangon, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Hlaingthaya
Hlaingthaya is 11 km from Yangon, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ahlon Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar9.9 km
- Insein Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar6.9 km
- Kyimyindaing Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar7.4 km
- Mingaladon Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar9.5 km
- Hlaing Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar5.8 km
- Mayangon Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar5.1 km