Latha Township (, ) is located in the western part of downtown Yangon, and shares borders with Lanmadaw township in the west, Pabedan township in the east, Seikkan township and Yangon river in the south, and Dagon township in the north. It consists of ten wards and is home to three primary schools, one middle school and two high schools. Lanmadaw and Latha Townships make up the Yangon Chinatown. Thomas Latter is the namesake of Latha Township.
Population Latha Township is populated with a total of 25,057 people among which 42.8% male residents and 57.2% female residents as of 2014.
Landmarks Latha township has many colonial period buildings, many of which are protected by the city.
StructureTypeAddressNotes BEHS 1 Latha School 270 Shwedagon Pagoda RoadFormer Central High School BEHS 2 Latha School 112 Bogyoke Aung San RoadFormer St. John's Convent School Buddhist Great Ordination Hall Buddhist Temple 550 Maha Bandula Road Cholia Darga Mosque Mosque 239 29th Street Cholia Jamah Mosque Mosque 114 Bo Sun Pet Street (Corner of Maha Bandula Road) Fujian Kheng Hock Keong Temple Chinese Buddhist Temple 426-432 Strand Road (Corner of Sinohdan Road) Guanyin Gumiao Temple (Guangdong Guanyin Temple) Chinese Buddhist Temple 668 Maha Bandula Road (Corner of Latha Road) Holy Trinity Cathedral Church 446 Bogyoke Aung San Road Jain Temple Jain Temple 76-78 29th Street Jewish Synagogue Synagogue 85 26th Street Long Shan Tang Temple (龍山堂) Chinese Buddhist Temple 53-55 Anawrahta Road Maha Peinne Hindu Temple Hindu Temple 149 24th Street Mughal Shia Mosque Mosque 91 30th Street Myanma Department Store Office 19-43 Bo Soon Pet Street Myanma Economic Bank Branch 4 Office 625 Merchant Road (Corner of 30th Street) Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) Headquarters Office 604-608 Merchant Road Myanma Post and Telecommunications Accounts Office Office 465-469 Maha Bandula Road St. John’s Catholic Church Church 368 Bo Sun Pet Street Sri Kalima Hindu Temple Hindu Temple 295 Konzedan Road Sri Kamichi Hindu Temple Hindu Temple 375 Bogyoke Aung San Road (Corner of Bo Sun Pet Street) Sri Satanarayan Hindu Temple Hindu Temple 23 29th Street Yangon General Hospital Hospital Bogyoke Aung San Road
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