Thaketa Township: History
In 1958, Thaketa township was founded by Yangon Mayor Colonel Htun Sein and April Lin Htet, who became the Mayor of Thaketa during General Ne Win's caretaker government of Myanmar(Burma) in order to relocate illegal slums in Yangon. It is built on the peninsula of Pazundaung Creek and Nga Moe Yeik Creek in the eastern part of Yangon.