Kyauktada Township
Kyauktada Township is the center of downtown Yangon, Myanmar.
Kyauktada Township is the center of downtown Yangon, Myanmar. The township consists of nine wards, and shares borders with Botataung Township in the east, Seikkan Township and Yangon River in the south, Pabedan Township in the west and Mingala Taungnyunt Township in the north.
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Worth seeing in and around Kyauktada Township
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.
2.8 km · religious building in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 02Bogyoke Aung San Stadium
The Bogyoke Aung San Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar.
1.1 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 03Yangon 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.
1.9 km · zoo · Wikipedia - 04Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue
The Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue is a synagogue, located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. Completed in 1896 to replace an earlier wooden synagogue that was erected in 1854, the current stone synagogue is the only synagogue in Myanmar.
500 m · antique synagogue · Wikipedia - 05Saint Mary's Cathedral, Yangon
Saint Mary's Cathedral or Immaculate Conception Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral located on the corner of Bogyoke Aung San Road and Bo Aung Kyaw Street in Botahtaung Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The cathedral's red-brick exterior consists of spires and a bell tower.
800 m · church in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 06Yangon City Hall
Yangon City Hall is the city hall of Yangon, the largest city of Myanmar, and the seat of the city's administrative body, Yangon City Development Committee. The building is considered a fine example of syncretic Burmese architecture, featuring traditional tiered roofs called pyatthat.
100 m · Government building in Myanmar · Wikipedia - 07Kandawgyi 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.
2.5 km · lake · Wikipedia - 08Yangon Stock Exchange
The Yangon Stock Exchange opened in December 2015, at the former Central Bank of Myanmar and Myawaddy Bank headquarters in Yangon. As of 2017, the stock exchange had only four listings.
300 m · financial building in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 09Bogyoke 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.
700 m · shopping mall in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 10Shri 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.
600 m · Hindu temple in Yangon Region, Burma · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kyauktada Township
- Airports
- Yangon (RGN), 15 km
- Stations
- Yangon Central railway station, 800 m
- Naypyitaw → Kyauktada Township391 km · quickest by road, 7h 27m · $36–49
- Mandalay → Kyauktada Township579 km · quickest by air, 5h 40m · $220–320
- Chiang Mai → Kyauktada Township374 km · quickest by air, 5h 11m · ฿2,530–3,910
- 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 Kyauktada Township
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 Kyauktada Township. 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 Kyauktada Township
Kyauktada Township is 3 km from Yangon, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ahlon Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar3.4 km
- Dagon Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar2.2 km
- Lanmadaw Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar1.9 km
- Pabedan Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar700 m
- Botataung Townshiptownship of Yangon in Yangon Region, Myanmar2.2 km
- Mingala Taungnyunt Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar2.4 km