Kamayut District
Kamayut District is a district in Yangon Region, Myanmar.
Kamayut District is a district in Yangon Region, Myanmar. It is a township of Yangon and contains two townships. The district was created in 2022, being one of the new districts created from the former West Yangon District.
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Worth seeing in and around Kamayut District
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.
- 01Shwedagon Pagoda
The Shwedagon Pagoda (Burmese: ရွှေတိဂုံဘုရား, MLCTS: shwe ti. gon bhu.
1.5 km · religious building in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 02University 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.
2.3 km · University in Myanmar · Wikipedia - 03Bogyoke Aung San Stadium
The Bogyoke Aung San Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar.
3.5 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 04Inya 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.
2.9 km · lake · Wikipedia - 05Yangon Zoological Gardens
The Yangon Zoo is the oldest and the second largest zoo in Myanmar. Located immediately north of downtown Yangon near Kandawgyi Lake, the 70-acre recreational park also includes a museum of natural history, an aquarium and an amusement park.
2.7 km · zoo · Wikipedia - 06Chaukhtatgyi Buddha Temple
Chaukhtatgyi Buddha Temple is the most well-known Buddhist temple in Bahan Township, Yangon, Yangon Region, Myanmar. It houses one of the most revered reclining Buddha images in the country.
2.1 km · Buddhist temple in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 07Bogyoke Market
Bogyoke Aung San Market is a major bazaar located in Pabedan township in central Yangon, Myanmar. Known for its colonial architecture and inner cobblestone streets, the market is a major tourist destination, dominated by antique, Burmese handicraft and jewellery shops, art galleries, and clothing stores.
3.6 km · shopping mall in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 08Kandawgyi Lake
Kandawgyi Lake is one of two major lakes in Yangon, Myanmar. Located east of the Shwedagon Pagoda, the lake is artificial; water from Inya Lake is channeled through a series of pipes to Kandawgyi Lake.
3 km · lake · Wikipedia - 09Shri Kali Temple, Burma
Shri Kali Temple is a Hindu temple located in the undefined Little India in downtown Yangon, Burma. It was built by Tamil migrants in 1871, whilst Burma Province was part of British India.
3.9 km · Hindu temple in Yangon Region, Burma · Wikipedia - 10National Theatre of Yangon
The National Theatre of Yangon, located in Yangon, is a national theatre of Myanmar. The theatre is used for cultural exchange programs with foreign countries, for departmental workshops, religious ceremonies, prize giving ceremonies, performing arts competitions, and for musical stage shows.
3.1 km · myanmar's national theatre · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kamayut District
- Airports
- Yangon (RGN), 11 km
- Stations
- Yangon Central railway station, 3.7 km
- Naypyitaw → Kamayut District385 km · quickest by road, 7h 24m · $36–49
- Mandalay → Kamayut District573 km · quickest by air, 5h 23m · $200–300
- Chiang Mai → Kamayut District373 km · quickest by air, 4h 54m · ฿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 Kamayut District
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 Kamayut District. 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 Kamayut District
Kamayut District is 1 km from Yangon, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ahlon Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar3.6 km
- Dagon Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar2.3 km
- Kyimyindaing Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar3.1 km
- Lanmadaw Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar3.5 km
- Pabedan Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar3.6 km
- Mingala Taungnyunt Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar3.9 km