South Dagon Township is located in the southeastern 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 26 wards and three village tracts, and shares borders with North Dagon township

North Dagon Township

North Dagon Township is located in the eastern part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 25 wards, and shares borders with East Dagon Township in the north and east, South Okkalapa township in the west, and South Dagon township in the south...

 and East Dagon Township

East Dagon Township

East Dagon Township is located in the easternmost part of Yangon, Myanmar. The township comprises 54 wards and three village tracts. It shares borders with Hlegu township in the north, North Dagon township in the west, and South Dagon township in the south and west...

 in the north, Thingangyun township

Thingangyun Township

Thingangyun Township is located in the eastern part of Yangon. The township comprises 38 wards, and shares borders with South Okkalapa township in the north, North Dagon township in the east, Yankin township and Tamwe township in the west, and Thaketa township in the south...

 in the west across the Pazundaung Creek, the Bago River

Bago River

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 in the east, and Dagon Seikkan township

Dagon Seikkan Township

Dagon Seikkan Township is an urban township of Yangon, Burma . Located in the east-central part of the city of Yangon . Satellite communities and industry moved into the township in the 1990s, growing from a rural population of under 10,000 to almost 100,000 by 2010. , Dagon Seikkan consisted of...

 in the south. South Dagon is one of the new satellite towns founded in 1989 by the military government

State Peace and Development Council

The State Peace and Development Council was the official name of the military regime of Burma , which seized power in 1988. On 30 March 2011, Senior General Than Shwe signed a decree to officially dissolve the Council....

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The township has 31 primary schools, seven middle schools and three high schools. It is home to the University of Culture, Yangon.