Taikkyi Township Taikkyi District တိုက်ကြီးမြို့နယ် တိုက်ကြီးခရိုင် | |
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 Taikkyi District in Yangon Region | |
| Coordinates:17°30′0″N96°2′0″E / 17.50000°N 96.03333°E /17.50000; 96.03333 | |
| 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] | |
• Total | 288,214 |
| • Density | 157.28/km2 (407.35/sq mi) |
| • Ethnicities | |
| • Religions | |
| Time zone | UTC6:30 (MMT) |
| Area codes | 1 (mobile: 80, 99) |
Taikkyi Township (Burmese:တိုက်ကြီး မြို့နယ်[taɪʔtɕímjo̰nɛ̀]) is the northernmosttownship ofYangon Region and the only township ofTaikkyi District (Burmese:တိုက်ကြီးခရိုင်). The township was split off fromNorth Yangon District on 30 April 2022 to form its own district.[2][3]
The township has 3 towns- the principal town ofTaikkyi as well asOakkan andAphauk which altogether have 20 urban wards. The rural portion of the township has 476 villages grouped into 75village tracts.[1]
Taikkyi grew due to its location on theYangon-Pyay railway. Outside of the town of Taikkyi, the township has theGyobyu Reservoir (capacity of 27 million gallons), which is one of major reservoices providing the water supply the city ofYangon.[4] Near the reservoir is the natural Phugyi Lake (capacity of 54 million gallons, which forms part of the city's reservoir system.[5]Myaing Hay Wun Elephant Park is also in this township.[6]
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| Hmawbi District | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yangon |
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