List of districts and neighborhoods of Yangon

Yangon is administered by the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC). YCDC also coordinates urban planning. The city is divided into 10 districts. Yangon Region was divided into 4 districts, which overlap with the city's jurisdiction, this changed in 2022, now the region has 14 districts. The current mayor of Yangon is U Bo Htay ,source: Edited by Yangon City Development Committee | Edited Date=2017-07-12 an economist and a retired professor at the Yangon Institute of Economics. Each township is administered by a committee of township leaders, who make decisions regarding city beautification and infrastructure. Myo-thit (lit. "New Towns", or satellite towns) are not within such jurisdictions. Yangon is a member of Asian Network of Major Cities 21.

Current Divisions

DistrictTownshipsMingaladon DistrictMingaladon TownshipShwepyitha TownshipInsein DistrictInsein TownshipHlaingthaya Township (East)Hlaingthaya Township (West)Twantay DistrictSeikkyi Kanaungto TownshipDala TownshipOutside of Yangon city: Twante TownshipKungyangon TownshipKawhmu TownshipKyauktada DistrictKyauktada TownshipPabedan TownshipLanmadaw TownshipLatha TownshipDagon TownshipAhlon DistrictAhlon TownshipKyeemyindaing TownshipSanchaung TownshipMayangon DistrictMayangon TownshipHlaing TownshipNorth Okkalapa TownshipThingangyun DistrictThingangyun TownshipSouth Okkalapa TownshipTamwe TownshipYankin TownshipBotahtaung DistrictBotataung TownshipDawbon TownshipMingala Taungnyunt TownshipPazundaung TownshipThaketa TownshipDagon Myothit DistrictDagon Seikkan TownshipSouth Dagon TownshipNorth Dagon TownshipEast Dagon TownshipKamayut DistrictKamayut TownshipBahan Township

Old Divisions

Western District Eastern DistrictSouthern DistrictNorthern District Ahlon Bahan Dagon Hlaing Kamayut Kyauktada Kyimyindaing Lanmadaw Latha Mayangon Pabedan Sanchaung Botataung Dagon Seikkan Dawbon Mingala Taungnyunt New Dagon East New Dagon North New Dagon South North Okkalapa Pazundaung South Okkalapa Tamwe Thaketa Thingangyun Yankin Dala Seikkyi Kanaungto Insein Hlaingthaya Mingaladon Shwepyitha

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