Mingaladon Township is located in the northernmost part of Yangon

Yangon

Yangon is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Region . Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial...

, Myanmar

Myanmar

Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....

. The township comprises 31 wards, and shares borders with Hmawbi township

Hmawbi Township

Hmawbi Township is a township in the Yangon Region of Burma . It is located northwest of the city of Yangon. The principal town and administrative seat is Hmawbi...

 in the north, North Okkalapa township

North Okkalapa Township

North Okkalapa Township is located in the eastern part of Yangon. The township comprises 19 wards, and shares borders with Hlegu township and Mingaladon township in the north, North Dagon township in the east, Mingaladon township and Mayangon township in the west, and Kamayut township, and...

 in the east, Insein township and Shwepyitha township

Shwepyitha Township

Shwepyitha Township is located in the northwestern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 15 wards and five village tracts, and shares borders with Htantabin Township in the north, Mingaladon Township in the east, the Yangon river in the west, and Insein Township in the south...

 in the west, and Mayangon township

Mayangon Township

Mayangon Township is located in the northern part of Yangon. The township comprises ten wards, and shares borders with Insein township and Mingaladon township in the north, North Okkalapa township and Yankin township in the east, the Hlaing river and Hlaingthaya township in the west, and Kamayut...

 in the south. Mingaladon is still relatively undeveloped and lacks basic municipal services.

Mingaladon is home to the Yangon International Airport

Yangon International Airport

Yangon International Airport , located in Mingaladon, at north of downtown Yangon, is the primary international airport of Myanmar and the second largest airport in the country....

 and the Hlawga National Park

Hlawga National Park

Hlawaga National Park is a national park located in Mingaladon, Yangon Division, Myanmar, 22 miles north of Yangon. The 1540-acre park includes an 818-acre wildlife park, a 62-acre mini-zoo and a 660-acre buffer zone.First established as an environmental education center in 1982, the national...

.

Transport

Mingaladon's Aung Mingala Bus Terminal serves all the highway buses to all major cities and towns in the country, except for those in the Ayeyarwady Division

Ayeyarwady Division

Ayeyarwady Region is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River . It is bordered by Bago Region to the north, Bago Region and Yangon Region to the east, and the Bay of Bengal to the south and west...

.

Education

The University of Computer Studies, Yangon

University of Computer Studies, Yangon

The University of Computer Studies, Yangon , located in the outskirts of Yangon, is the leading IT and computer science university of Myanmar. The university, administered by the Ministry of Science and Technology, offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in computer science and...

, one of the country's best universities, is located in the western part of the township on the west bank of Hlawga National Park. The township is also home to the Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science

Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science

The Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science , located in Mingaladon, Yangon, is one of military-run institutes of higher learning in Myanmar...

.