Botataung District

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.^[6] The township also has the Botataung Pagoda, which is unique for being a hollow stupa being rebuilt after destruction during World War II.^[7] 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.^[8]

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.^[9]

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.^[10][11] To the east on the Thaketa-Dawbon township border, the Yangon Waterboom Park opened in 2016 as another amusement park in the district.^[12][13]

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.^[14] In contrast, Thaketa Township in the district's east was founded in 1958 to relocated illegal slums into a satellite town.^[15] Today, both townships are part of the core of Yangon city, with further suburbs having been built and developed since.

• List of districts and neighborhoods of Yangon