Taikkyi District
Taikkyi Township
Taikkyi District တိုက်ကြီးမြို့နယ် တိုက်ကြီးခရိုင် | |
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 Taikkyi District in Yangon Region | |
| Coordinates: 17°30′0″N 96°2′0″E / 17.50000°N 96.03333°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Region |  Yangon Region |
| Districts of Myanmar | Taikkyi District |
| Township | Taikkyi |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,832.5 km2 (707.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | 288,214 |
| • Ethnicities | |
| • Religions | |
| Time zone | UTC6:30 (MMT) |
| Area code(s) | 1 (mobile: 80, 99) |
Taikkyi Township (Burmese: တိုက်ကြီး မြို့နယ် [taɪʔtɕí mjo̰nɛ̀]) is the northernmost township of Yangon Region and the only township of Taikkyi District (Burmese: တိုက်ကြီးခရိုင်). The township was split off from North Yangon District on 30 April 2022 to form its own district.[2][3]
The township has 3 towns- the principal town of Taikkyi as well as Oakkan and Aphauk which altogether have 20 urban wards. The rural portion of the township has 476 villages grouped into 75 village tracts.[1]
Taikkyi grew due to its location on the Yangon-Pyay railway. Outside of the town of Taikkyi, the township has the Gyo Phyu Reservoir, which provides the majority of the water supply of Yangon city. Near the reservoir is the natural Phoo Gyi lake, which forms part of the reservoir system.[4] The Myaing Hay Wun Elephant Park is also in this township.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b General Administration Department (March 2023). Taikkyi Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya တိုက်ကြီးမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Taikkyi Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ "Expansion of new districts: New districts expanded in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". Myanmar International Television. 2 May 2022.
- ^ "Expansion of new districts in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states". 2 May 2022.
- ^ "A visit to Taikkyi, a tour destination with many attractions (1)". Global New Light of Myanmar. 22 February 2021.
- ^ "Giants roam near Yangon". Elephant News. 4 January 2021.
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