Insein Township
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Insein Township
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| Country |  Myanmar |
| Region |  Yangon Region |
| City | Yangon |
| District | Insein District |
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| Time zone | UTC6:30 (MMT) |
| Postal codes | 11011, 11012, 11013 |
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Insein Township (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".) is located in northern Yangon. The township comprises 21 wards, and shares borders with Shwepyitha township in the north, Hlaingthaya township in the west, Mingaladon township in the east and Mayangon township in the south.[2] Insein is home to the Insein Prison, the most notorious prison in the country that houses hundreds of political prisoners.
Etymology
The word "Insein" means "precious lake" in the Burmese language, and is also a former name of Inya lake.[3] However, the etymology of "Insein" is derived from the Mon language term Template:Langx (Script error: No such module "IPA".), meaning "elephant lake."[4][5]
History
Insein was a famous battle site in the Burmese civil war that erupted after the country's independence from the United Kingdom in January 1948. Insein was the limit Karen insurgents reached in January 1949 in their ambitious attempt to take Yangon and oust the Burmese government.[6]
Until the 1990s, Insein, about 20 miles (32 km) from central Yangon, was beyond Yangon's city limits, although by the 1980s, Insein was already integrated with the rest of the city. With the expansion of Yangon's city limits in the 1990s, which also included founding new satellite towns, Insein was formally incorporated into Yangon.
Insein is also home to Insein Prison, which is notorious worldwide for its inhumane conditions, corruption, abuse of inmates, and use of mental and physical torture, especially against political dissidents during the 1988-2011 State Law and Order Restoration Council era.[7][8]
Demographics
In 2019, the township had 285,500 people.[9][2] In 2023, the township only had 247675 people. Between 2022 and 2023, the township lost 12,079.[1]
Education
Insein has 33 primary schools, ten middle schools and six high schools.[2] Karen Baptist Theological Seminary, the Myanmar Institute of Theology, the University of Paramedical Science, Yangon, Yangon Technological University and are located in the township.
Health
The Insein General Hospital is the principal hospital. Thiri Sandar Hospital Kwekabaw Hospital Kaung Hospital and KBC Hospital are private hospitals
Sport
There is YCDC Golf Club Swimming Pool & Restaurant[10] located at Thiri Mingalar street.
Landmarks
The following is a list of landmarks protected by the city in Insein township.[11]
| Structure | Type | Address | Notes |
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| Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science Institute Headquarters | Office | ||
| BEHS 1 Insein | School | Baho Road Part 4 (Mingyi Road) | |
| Criminal Investigation Department (CID) | Office | Lower Mingaladon Road | |
| Government Technical Institute, Insein | College | Lower Mingaladon Road | |
| Insein General Hospital | Hospital | Baho Road Part 4 (Mingyi Road) | |
| Myanmar Institute of Theology | College | Yangon-Insein Road | |
| Su Paung Yon Office Complex | Office | Baho Road Part 4 (Mingyi Road) | |
| Little yangon | Preschool | Nikbanda street |
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.General Administration Department (March 2023). Insein Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya အင်းစိန်မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Insein Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Insein Township". Yangon City Development Committee. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.journal of the Burma Research Society. Vol. 39–41. 1955. p. 188.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tun, Than (1988). "Observations on the Translation and Annotation of the Royal Orders Of Burma". Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 4 (1): 91–99. JSTOR 40860260.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Banyar, Ko (7 November 2013). "မွန်တို့ဌာနေ ရာမည တိုင်းက မွန် အခေါ်အဝေါ်များ". Phophtaw News Association. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Aung Zaw (2009-02-09). "The Battle of Insein Never Really Ended". The Irrawaddy. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Asia-Pacific | Inside Burma's Insein prison". BBC News. 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2013-12-25.
- ^ CURRENT CONDITIONS IN INSEIN PRISON www.khrg.org Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."General Administration Department's 2019 census of Insein" (PDF).
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Activities-Directory".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Special Reports: Heritage List". The Myanmar Times. 2001-10-29. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009.
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