{{Short description|Township of Yangon, Myanmar}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Dawbon Township |native_name = {{lang|my|ဒေါပုံ မြို့နယ်}} |official_name = Dawbon Township |postal_code = 11241 |postal_code_type = Postal codes |pushpin_map = Burma |settlement_type = Township of Yangon |image_skyline = Dawbon, Yangon MMR013014701, Myanmar (Burma) - panoramio (1).jpg |image_caption = Students walking in Dawbon Township |imagesize = 200px |image_map = Dawbon Township.svg |map_caption = Location of the township in Yangon. |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Myanmar}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Yangon Region}} |subdivision_type2 = City |subdivision_name2 = Yangon |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Botataung District |area_codes = 1 (mobile: 80, 99) |area_total_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = 1.42 |population_as_of = 2014 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_footnotes = |population_total = 75,325 |footnotes = YCDC<ref name=yc>{{cite web|url=http://www.yangoncity.com.mm/maps/townships_pro.asp?tname=dawbon |title=Dawbon Township |publisher=Yangon City Development Committee |accessdate=2009-03-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002034245/http://www.yangoncity.com.mm/maps/townships_pro.asp?tname=dawbon |archivedate=2 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |coordinates = {{coord|16|40|0|N|96|11|0|E|region:MM|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = |timezone = MST |utc_offset = 6:30 |website = }}
'''Dawbon Township''' ({{langx|my|ဒေါပုံ မြို့နယ်}} {{IPA|my|dɔ́bòʊɰ̃ mjo̰nɛ̀|}}) is located in the southeastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 14 wards, and shares borders with Thingangyun township in the north, Mingala Taungnyunt township in the west, Thaketa township in the east, and Pazundaung township in the south across the Pazundaung Creek.<ref name=yc/> Dawbon is connected to downtown Yangon via the Maha Bandula Bridge.
The township has twelve primary schools, four middle schools and one high school.<ref name=yc/>
== Population == Dawbon Township's population is over 75,000, with 51.2% of female residents and 48.8% of male residents as of 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://citypopulation.info/php/myanmar-admin.php?adm2id=120206|title=Dawbon (Township, Myanmar) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location|website=citypopulation.info|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{commons category|Dawbon Township}} {{Yangon Division}} {{Administrative divisions of Burma (Myanmar)}}
Category:Townships of Yangon