{{Short description|District in Yangon, Myanmar}}
{{Infobox settlement | name = Botataung District | settlement_type = District | image_map = Botahtaung district in Yangon region.svg | map_caption = Botataung District in Yangon Region | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map = | leader_title = Chairman | leader_name = Aung Lwin | image_skyline = Dawbon, Yangon MMR013014701, Myanmar (Burma) - panoramio.jpg | image_caption = Downtown Yangon from the Thaketa Bridge, Dawbon | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Myanmar}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Yangon Region}} | subdivision_type2 = City | subdivision_name2 = Yangon | unit_pref = Imperial | area_code = +951 | coordinates = {{Coord|16.785|N|96.183|E|region:Yangon|display=inline,title}} | official_name = | native_name = {{lang|my|ဗိုလ်တထောင်ခရိုင်}} }} '''Botataung District''' ({{langx|my|ဗိုလ်တထောင်ခရိုင်}}, officially '''Bohtataung District''') is a District in Yangon Region, Myanmar. It is a township in downton Yangon and contains five townships. The district was created in 2022, being one of the new districts created from the former West Yangon District.<ref name=new>{{cite web|url=https://news-eleven.com/article/229873|title=နေပြည်တော်၊ တိုင်းဒေသကြီးနှင့် ပြည်နယ်များတွင် ခရိုင် ၄၆ ခရိုင် အသစ်တိုးချဲ့ဖွဲ့စည်းသည့်အတွက် စုစုပေါင်းခရိုင် ၁၂၁ ခရိုင်ရှိလာ}}</ref> The Maha Bandula Bridge connects the western historic half with the eastern half of the district across the Pazundaung Creek.
== Administration == The district has five townships- Botataung Township, Mingala Taungnyunt Township and Pazundaung Township on the west side of Pazundaung Creek within Downtown Yangon and Dawbon Township and Thaketa Township east of Pazundaung Creek.<ref>{{cite news |title=Expansion of new districts: New districts expanded in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states |url=https://www.myanmaritv.com/news/expansion-new-districts-new-districts-expanded-nay-pyi-taw-regions-and-states |work=Myanmar International Television |date=2 May 2022}}</ref> The Bohtataung Township Court was upgraded to a district-level court.<ref>{{cite news |title=14 new district courts expanded in Yangon Region |url=https://www.moi.gov.mm/moi:eng/news/7955 |date=19 August 2022 |language=my}}</ref> The district has an Administration Committee chaired by U Aung Lwin.<ref>{{cite news |title=ဗိုလ်တထောင်ခရိုင်၌ ခရိုင်အဆင့်ဌာနဆိုင်ရာ လစဉ်လုပ်ငန်းညှိနှိုင်းအစည်းအဝေးကျင်းပပြုလုပ် |url=https://www.moi.gov.mm/iprd/news/236258 |trans-title=District-level departments hold meeting on monthly coordination in Botataung District |date=6 March 2025 |website=Ministry of Information |author=Khin Win}}</ref>
In 2024, it was reported that Lt. Col Maung Maung Soe earned and received 50 million kyat every day by checking the residential guest lists in Botataung District by demanding bribes from arrested individuals for their release.<ref>{{cite news |title=ဗိုလ်တထောင်ခရိုင်တွင် ဧည့်စာရင်းစစ်ဆေးသည့် ဒုဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး၏ တရက်တာဝင်ငွေ သိန်းရာချီရှိ |trans-title=Residential Guest List Scrutiniser Lieutenant Colonel's Daily Income in Botataung District |date=24 September 2024 |work=Democratic Voice of Burma |language=my}}</ref>
==Notable Sites== The district's western half has a significant number of historic sites. Botataung was part of Yangon's original British city plan, with many colonial era buildings like the Ministers' Building (Secretariat) Complex and St. Mary's Cathedral, the country's largest church, remaining as designated landmarks by the Yangon City Development Committee.<ref name=mt>{{cite journal|journal=The Myanmar Times |date=2001-10-29 |url=http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/myanmartimes/no87/New/14.htm |title=Special Reports: Heritage List |archivedate=15 June 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615164607/http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/myanmartimes/no87/New/14.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The township also has the Botataung Pagoda, which is unique for being a hollow stupa being rebuilt after destruction during World War II.<ref>{{cite journal | title=Shrines of Burma: The Botataung Pagoda | url=http://www.triplegem.plus.com/botataun.htm | access-date=2009-02-12 | year=1953 | volume=1 | issue=2 |journal=The Light of the Dhamma |author=Ohn Ghine | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113002844/http://www.triplegem.plus.com/botataun.htm | archive-date=2007-11-13 }}</ref> Strand Road, which also runs west into neighbouring Kyauktada District, has several notable sites within Botataung District like the British embassy and the Strand Hotel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/2011/business/567/biz56706.html|title=Strand Rd to become main commercial artery: YCDC|author=Kyaw Hsu Mon|date=21 March 2011|work=Myanmar Times|access-date=5 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916153515/http://mmtimes.com/2011/business/567/biz56706.html|archive-date=16 September 2011}}</ref>
The Yangon Central Railway Station is located in this district, serving as a focal point for the city and access to Myanma Railway's national rail network.<ref>{{cite news|title=Myanmar Yangon Central Railway Station to Move to New Satellite Town|date=2007-12-11|agency=Xinhua News|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1177756/myanmar_yangon_central_railway_station_to_move_to_new_satellite/index.html|access-date=2008-09-14}}</ref>
Mingala Taungnyunt is home to notable recreation sites like Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, built in 1906, and the Yangon Zoological Gardens- which includes a zoo, museum and amusement park.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yangontimemachine.com/en/index?id=17&art=baa_grounds |title=Burma Athletic Association Grounds (Aung San Stadium) |website=yangontimemachine.com |publisher=Yangon Time Machine |access-date=9 November 2022 |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108201717/https://www.yangontimemachine.com/en/index?id=17&art=baa_grounds |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.yangonzoo.com/profile.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060502123330/http://www.yangonzoo.com/profile.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=May 2, 2006 | title=History of Zoological Gardens (Yangon) | access-date=2008-09-27 | publisher=Yangon Zoo}}</ref> To the east on the Thaketa-Dawbon township border, the Yangon Waterboom Park opened in 2016 as another amusement park in the district.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yangon Waterboom |website=Myanmar Yellow Pages |date=2025 |url=https://myanmaryellowpages.biz/company_detail/38872/624}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |website=Yangon Waterboom |date=2023 |url=https://yangonwaterboom.com/about}}</ref>
Pazundaung Township, in the district's west, is an old settlement being founded sometime before 1755, when it was first mentioned during the Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-20|title=ရာဇဝင်နွံထဲမှာ ကျွံကျမြုပ်ဝင်နေတဲ့ ပုဇွန်တောင်မြို့နယ်|url=https://myanmar.mmtimes.com/news/151521.html|access-date=2021-12-30|website=The Myanmar Times|language=my}}</ref> In contrast, Thaketa Township in the district's east was founded in 1958 to relocated illegal slums into a satellite town.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yangoncity.com.mm/maps/townships_pro.asp?tname=thaketa|title=Thaketa Township|publisher=Yangon City Development Committee|accessdate=2009-03-21|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002034224/http://www.yangoncity.com.mm/maps/townships_pro.asp?tname=thaketa|archivedate=2 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Today, both townships are part of the core of Yangon city, with further suburbs having been built and developed since.
==See also== *List of districts and neighborhoods of Yangon
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Yangon Region}}
Category:Districts of Myanmar Category:Yangon Region Category:2022 establishments in Myanmar