Mayangon District
Mayangon District is a district in Yangon Region, Myanmar.
Mayangon District is a district in Yangon Region, Myanmar. It is a township of Yangon and contains three townships. The district was created in 2022, being one of the new districts created from the former West Yangon District and East Yangon District.
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Worth seeing in and around Mayangon 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.
- 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.
3.9 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.
2.8 km · lake · Wikipedia - 03University 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.
3.9 km · university in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 04International 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.
1.4 km · a Theravāda Buddhism missionary university in Myanmar · Wikipedia - 05Myanmar 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.
3.7 km · shopping mall in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 06Yangon Institute of Economics
The Yangon University of Economics is the finest university of economics and business in Myanmar. Founded as the Section of Economics of Yangon University in 1924, the section became an independent university of higher learning in 1964.
3.6 km · University · Wikipedia - 07Diamond Inya Palace
Diamond Inya Palace is a residential skyscraper located on the northern side of the Inya Lake in Yangon, Myanmar. Although its exact height is not publicly known, the 34-story condominium is widely considered to be the tallest building in Myanmar.
1.3 km · residential building in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 08Yankin Education College
Yankin Education College is an educational college located in Yankin Township, Kanbe', Yangon Region, Burma. It teaches basic and essential role of teacher for two years which produces primary & secondary teachers yearly.
2.9 km · educational college · Wikipedia - 09Myanmar Gems Museum
Myanmar Gems Museum, in Yangon, Myanmar, is a museum dedicated to precious Burmese gem stones. The museum is located on the third floor of a four-story building, located near Kaba Aye Pagoda.
800 m · museum in Yangon dedicated to precious Burmese gem stones · Wikipedia - 10Fushan Si Temple
Fushan Temple, located on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road in Bahan Township, Yangon, is a Chinese temple founded in January 1875 by overseas Chinese descended from Hoklo people of Anxi County, Fujian. The temple is managed by Kheng Hock Keong in downtown Yangon.
4 km · Buddhist temple in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mayangon District
- Airports
- Yangon (RGN), 6 km
- Naypyitaw → Mayangon District323 km · quickest by road, 6h 6m · $31–43
- Mandalay → Mayangon District568 km · quickest by air, 5h 12m · $190–280
- Chiang Mai → Mayangon District371 km · quickest by air, 4h 43m · ฿2,500–3,880
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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 Mayangon 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 Mayangon 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 Mayangon District
Mayangon District is 6 km from Yangon, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Mayangon Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar1.2 km
- South Okkalapa Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar3.4 km
- Yankin Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar2.9 km
- Hlaing Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar3.6 km