Twante Township

{{Infobox settlement |other_name = Twantay Township |native_name = {{lang|my|တွံတေး မြို့နယ်}} |official_name = Twante Township |settlement_type = township |image_skyline = File:Twante 37.jpg |image_map = |map_caption = |pushpin_label_position = bottom |pushpin_map = Burma |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Burma |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Myanmar}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Yangon Region|Yangon}} |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = Administrative seat |subdivision_name3 = Twante |area_code = |area_total_km2 = |population_total= 226,836 |population_as_of = 2014 |population_footnotes = |population_density_km2 = auto |coordinates = {{coord|16|44|0|N|95|58|0|E|region:MM|display=inline,title}}  |elevation_m = |timezone = MST |utc_offset = 6:30 |website = }} '''Twante Township''' also '''Twantay Township''' ({{langx|my|တွံတေး မြို့နယ်}}, {{IPA|my|tʊ̀ɰ̃té mjo̰nɛ̀|pron}}) is a township in the Yangon Region of Burma (Myanmar). It is located west across the Hlaing River from the city of Yangon. The principal town and administrative seat is Twante. The township is home to the Shwesandaw Pagoda (known as "Golden Hair Relic Pagoda" in English) and it is believed to contain strands of hair from the head of Gautama, and its annual pagoda festival is held on Burmese New Year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/2010/travel/522/travel01.html|title=Twante rocks to Shan drum beat|author=Nyein Ei Ei Htwe|date=2010|work=Myanmar Times|access-date=5 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621072544/http://mmtimes.com/2010/travel/522/travel01.html|archive-date=21 June 2011}}</ref> Built by the British in 1881, the Twante canal is the longest man-made canal in Myanmar,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-16 |title=Twante: return of the day-trip |url=https://www.mmtimes.com/news/twante-return-day-trip.html |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=The Myanmar Times}}</ref> providing a shortcut waterway between Irawaddy River and Yangon river.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} This divides Twante Township across its which divides Twante Township with its length of 35 km<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/5678-twante-canal-to-open-24-hours.html|title=Twante Canal to open 24 hours|date=18 January 2010}}</ref> and there is one bridge that spans the canal is called Twante bridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panoramio.com/photo/70025482|title=Twante Bridge Photo}}</ref> Baungdawgyoke Monastery in Twante Township is famous as there are pagodas including the replica of Mahabodhi Temple.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs5/NLM2008-08-03.pdf|title=News Report New Light of Myanmar, Visit of sinor general to Baungdawgyoke Monastery}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.burmalibrary.org/NLM/archives/2002-09/msg00021.html|title=General Khin Nyunt visit Baungdawgyoke}}</ref>

alt={{lang|my|တွံတေးရွှေဆံတော်စေတီ မြင်ကွင်းကျယ်}}|thumb|Panoramic View of Twante Shwe San Daw Pagoda.

==History== During the British rule in Burma, George Orwell was a police officer in Twante, responsible for the security of some 200,000 people.

===Communities=== The 220 villages of Twante Township are organized into 65 village tracts and 8 urban wards.<ref name="Profile">[http://www.themimu.info/MapsInfo/Township%20Profile/Yangon/Profile_Twantay%20Township_April%2009.pdf "Profile Twantay Township"]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), April 2009</ref> Twante Township is well known for its pottery activities handled by a few families since several generations.<ref name="Profil">[http://www.toursinmyanmar.com/Yangon/Twante-Township"] Tourism Myanmar, June 2015</ref> It is also area of fish farming in Yangon region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/business/5384-in-twante-fish-farmers-yearn-for-cleaner-water-supplies.html|title=In Twante, fish farmers yearn for cleaner water supplies|date=3 May 2010}}</ref>

===Transport=== A water bus on the river connects with Yangon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/news/yangon-water-bus-twante.html|title=Yangon Water Bus to Twante|date=25 January 2019}}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.themimu.info/MapsInfo/Yangon/MIMU154-v01_090227_Twantay%20Township_A1.pdf{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} "Twantay Township, Yangon Division"] map ID: MIMU154 Twantay Township 090227 v01, February 2009, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120314184812/http://www.themimu.info/docs/MIMU121v08_3W_Disaster%20Risk%20Reduction_Twantay_100714.pdf "Disaster Risk Reduction: Twantay Township"] 5 July 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), map showing Village Tracts * [http://www.maplandia.com/burma/yangon-rangoon/twante/ "Twante Google Satellite Map"] Maplandia World Gazetteer

Category:Townships of Yangon Region