Country Myanmar City Yangon Settled 1959 Area 13.01 km² Area code 1 (mobile: 80, 99) | Division Yangon Township Thaketa Time zone MST (UTC6:30) Local time Thursday 5:12 PM | |
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Weather 35°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 38% Humidity | ||
Thaketa Township (Burmese: သာကေတ မြို့နယ်, [θàkèta̰ mjo̰nɛ̀]) 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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Map of Thaketa, Yangon, Myanmar (Burma)
5 South Korean companies have teamed up to build a 500-megawatt gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Thaketa Township to supply electricity to Thilawa Special Economic Zone.
Education
The township has 46 primary schools, eight middle schools and five high schools.
References
Thaketa Township Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA