Shwepyitha Township

Shwepyitha Township ရွှေပြည်သာ မြို့နယ်
Township
A water treatment facility in Shwepyitha
Shwepyitha Township
Coordinates: 16°58′10″N 96°4′41″E / 16.96944°N 96.07806°E / 16.96944; 96.07806
Country	Myanmar
Region	Yangon Region
City	Yangon
District	Mingaladon District
Settled	1986[1]
Area
• Total	25.76 sq mi (66.7 km2)
Population  (2019)[2]
• Total	284,922
• Ethnic groups	Bamar:93.896% Rakhine:2.026% Kayin:1.994% Chin:0.609% Mon:0.543% Shan:0.176% Kachin:0.119% Kayah:0.022% Foreigners:0.612%
Time zone	UTC6:30 (MMT)
Postal codes	11411
Area code(s)	1 (mobile: 80, 99)
YCDC[3]

Shwepyitha Township (Burmese: ရွှေပြည်သာ မြို့နယ်; pronounced [ʃwèpjìθà mjo̰nɛ̀]) is located in the northwestern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 27 wards and 3 village tracts, and shares borders with Htantabin Township to the north, Mingaladon Township to the east, the Yangon river to the west, and Insein Township to the south.^[3]

Incorporated into the city of Yangon in 1986, Shwepyitha is now developing and has basic municipal services. Improvements include tidy and broad main roads and many streets form a grid. Hlaing River separates Shwepyithar and Hlaingtharyar. Shwepyithar Bridge was built in 1996 and now it is a useful bridge in Yangon and is also the start of the Yangon-Pathein-Chaungthar Highway. Htan Chuak Pin Junction is regarded as the centre of Shwepyithar and many well known places are there. Shwepyithar Advanced Theatre (3D) was opened in March 2017. There are many gyms and shops around its centre. At night, the street-market of Htan Chauk Pin offers dining. Ruby Market is the most famous market. Bogyoke Aungsan Road, Bayint Naung Road, No.4 Highway, etc. are the most popular roads in the town. The Yangon Circular Railway passes through the township. Its railway station is also at the Yangon-Pyay-Mandalay Railway.^{[citation needed]}

The township has the Shwepyitha Industrial Zone, Yangon's first industrial park first developed in 1990. The Industrial Zone was expanded in 1999 to Zone 2 and Zone 3. As of 2001, all 306.9 acres (124.2 ha) of Zone 1 was sold and developed. Zone 2 remained at 35% developed while Zone 3's 194 acres (79 ha) were also all sold out.^[4] In 2022, the Shwepyitha Industrial Zone 1 employed about 50,000 workers at 200 factories. By then it was only one of 29 total indsturial zones in the Yangon metropolitan area.^[5]

The township has 50 primary schools, 20 middle schools and 7 high schools.^[3] The most famous high school is B.E.H.S no.1 and B.E.H.S no.3.^[3] There are nearly 30 middle (branch) schools and 10 high (branch) schools. Private schools include Kaung Su San, Aung Thukha, New Life, Myint Mo Yape, Education Palace, etc. University of Computer Studies, Yangon and Government Technical Institute (Shwe Pyi Thar) are located there, too.

Many Language Centres teach English, Korean, Japanese and Chinese. Many restaurants and hotels as well as motels are there. Many job opportunities can be available in Shwepyithar because it has the Shwepyithar Industrial Zone, Warr Ta Ya Industrial Zone and Thardukan Industrial Zone.Dagon Beverage Company Limited also exists there.^{[citation needed]}