Township in Yangon, Myanmar
Hlaingthaya East Township
Hlaingthaya East township is a township in Insein District, Yangon Region, Myanmar.
The township is part of the city of Yangon and is divided into 9 urban wards and 5 village tracts grouping together a total of 9 villages. It is one of the few Yangon city townships with rural settlements. The township was split from the larger Hlaingthaya Township on 27 January 2020 according to Legal Notification 32/2020. While Hlaingthaya is a largely working class suburb, developers have also built luxury housing developments in the southeastern part of the township.
How locals move
Getting around Hlaingthaya East Township the local way
- 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).
- Get aroundA ferry crosses the river to Dallah from the Pansodan St Jetty.
- Go nextTwante - the most accessible delta town to Yangon, makes for a nice half- or full-day trip.
From Wikivoyage: Yangon, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.