Hlegu Township

Township in Yangon, Burma

Hlegu Township လှည်းကူး မြို့နယ်
Township
Hlegu Township
17°14′0″N 96°14′0″E / 17.23333°N 96.23333°E / 17.23333; 96.23333
Country	Burma (Myanmar)
Region	Yangon
Administrative seat	Hlegu
Time zone	UTC6:30 (MST)
Area code	1

Hlegu Township (Burmese: လှည်းကူး မြို့နယ်, pronounced [l̥ɛ́ɡú mjo̰nɛ̀]) is a မြို့နယ် of Yangon Burma, Burma (Myanmar). It is northeast of the city Yangon and is largely rural.

The township's Paunglin Dam and Ngamoeyeik Reservoir supply water to over 28,300 hectares (70,000 acres) of farmland between Hlegu and Mingaladon, and nearly 340 million liters (90 million gallons) of water a day to the people living in Yangon.^[1]

The new Yangon-Naypyidaw Highway cuts through the township.^[2]

Borders

Hlegu township shares borders with Hmawbi Township and Taikkyi Township in the west, Bago Township of Bago Region in the north and east, North Okkalapa Township, North Dagon Township and East Dagon Township in the south.^[3]

Notes

^ "Paunglin Dam opened". The New Light of Myanmar. 2004-03-23. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
^ "Myanmar strives for improving transport link with new capital". Xinhua News. 2009-03-08.
^ "Myanmar States/Divisions and Townships Overview Map" (PDF). Yangon: Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU). December 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-03.

External links

"Hlegu Township, Yangon Division"^{[permanent dead link]} map ID: MIMU154 Hlegu Township 090227 v01, 27 February 2009, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
"Hlegu Google Satellite Map" Maplandia World Gazetteer

Yangon Region

Capital: Yangon

East Yangon District