Thaketa Township
Thaketa Township is located in the eastern part of Yangon, Myanmar.
Thaketa Township is located in the eastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 19 wards, and shares borders with Thingangyun Township in the north and west, the Bago River in the east, and Dawbon Township in the south. The Pazundaung Creek flows through the township. Founded in 1959, Thaketa is made up largely of middle-class and working-class neighborhoods.
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Worth seeing in and around Thaketa 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.
- 01Thuwunna Stadium
The Thuwunna Youth Training Center Stadium, simply known as the Thuwunna Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Yangon, Myanmar. It is the venue of choice for most national and international football and track and field competitions.
3.4 km · stadium in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 02Kandawgyi 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.
3.7 km · lake · Wikipedia - 03Maha Bandula Bridge
Maha Bandula Bridge is a major bridge in Yangon, Myanmar, built by Myat Bhone Khat. It is named after Burmese general Maha Bandula, and crosses Pazundaung Creek just east of Yangon's central business district.
2.8 km · bridge in Myanmar · Wikipedia - 04Thuwunna National Indoor Stadium (1)
National Indoor Stadium, Thuwunna is an indoor stadium located in Yangon, Myanmar. It is the largest indoor sports stadium in Myanmar, with a capacity of 10,825 people and located near Thuwunna Stadium.
3 km · Indoor stadium in Burma · Wikipedia - 05Karaweik
Karaweik or Karaweik Hall is a structure and landmark on the eastern shore of Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon, Burma.
3.6 km · palace on the eastern shore of Kandawgyi Lake, Yangon, Burma · Wikipedia - 06Thanlyin Bridge
Thanlyin Bridge, also spelled Thanhlyin Bridge or Than Hl Yin Bridge, is a bridge that links the cities of Thanlyin and Yangon in Myanmar. The bridge crosses the 1-km wide Bago river, and is situated about 42 km northeast from the river's confluence with Yangon river.
3.3 km · bridge in Myanmar · Wikipedia - 07Mahasantisukha Buddha Sasana Center
Mahāsantisukha Buddha Sasana Center is a Theravada Buddhist monastery located in Natchaung Ward, Tamwe Township, Yangon, Myanmar. The monastery was inaugurated on 17 December 1999, and was spearheaded under the leadership of Pannavamsa, and was sponsored with the support of the Burmese government.
2.9 km · Buddhist monastery in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 08Thein Pyu Stadium
Theinphyu Stadium is a Lethwei stadium located in Yangon, Myanmar. It is the most notorious Lethwei stadium in all of Myanmar and counts over 5,300-seats.
3.4 km · lethwei stadium in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 09Ice Wonderland
Ice Wonderland was a tech-driven theme park created by Chinese sculptors. It was located at Kandawgyi Park in the Yangon region of Southeast Asia.
3.7 km · amusement park in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia - 10Yuzana plaza
Yuzana Plaza is a five-storey building located on Banyardala Road, Mingala Taungnyunt Township, Yangon, Myanmar.
2.7 km · building in Yangon, Myanmar · Wikipedia
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Getting to Thaketa Township
- Airports
- Yangon (RGN), 15 km
- Naypyitaw → Thaketa Township330 km · quickest by road, 6h 9m · $31–43
- Mandalay → Thaketa Township575 km · quickest by air, 5h 37m · $220–320
- Chiang Mai → Thaketa Township367 km · quickest by air, 5h 8m · ฿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 Thaketa 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 Thaketa 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 Thaketa Township
Thaketa Township is 5 km from Yangon, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Botataung Townshiptownship of Yangon in Yangon Region, Myanmar3.5 km
- Mingala Taungnyunt Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar3.9 km
- Dawbon Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar1.4 km
- Pazundaung Townshiptownship of Yangon in Myanmar3.6 km
- Tamwetownship of Yangon in Myanmar3.1 km
- Downtown Yangonneighborhood of the City of Yangon in Myanmar3.9 km