Kyauktada District
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Kyauktada District
ကျောက်တံတားခရိုင် | |
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District | |
_with_the_Shwedagon_pagoda.jpg) View of Shwedagon Pagoda from Kyauktada Township | |
 Kyauktada District in Yangon Region | |
| Coordinates: 16°59′02″N 96°06′58″E / 16.984°N 96.116°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Region |  Yangon Region |
| City | Yangon |
| Area code | +951 |
Kyauktada District (Burmese: ကျောက်တံတားခရိုင်) is a District in Yangon Region, Myanmar. It is a township of Yangon and contains five townships forming the core of Yangon's downtown. The district was created in 2022, being one of the new districts created from the former West Yangon District.[1] The administrative seat of the Yangon City Development Committee, and thereby Yangon city is located in Kyauktada Township in the district's east.
The district has five townships- Dagon Township, Lanmadaw Township, Latha Township, Pabedan Township and Kyauktada Township.[2][3]
The district contains the main government buildings of Yangon Region. Dagon is home to some of the most prominent places of the city, including the Yangon Region Hluttaw, the regional parliament.[4] Yangon City Hall, the seat of the city's administrative body, Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) is located in Kyauktada Township. The city hall has been the focal point of several major political demonstrations, including a 1964 People's Peace Committee rally supported by Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, which attracted 200,000 people and was subsequently clamped down by Ne Win's military junta.[5][6]
