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Hlegu, Myanmar

Yangon · Myanmar

Hlegu is a mid-size city in Yangon, Myanmar with a population of 38,757. Elevation: 43 ft (13 m). Average temperature: 82°F (28°C).

38,757 Population 49/sq mi density
43 ft Elevation 13 meters
82°F Avg Temperature 28°C
111.8 in Annual Rain
Asia / Yangon Timezone

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About Hlegu

Hlegu is the capital of Hlegu District in northern Yangon Region, Myanmar about 45 km north-east of Yangon city. It is located on both sides of the Ngamoyeik River. Hlegu is also the administrative seat of Hlegu Township and has five urban wards.

People

Population38,757
Density49/mi²

Climate

Avg Temp82°F (28°C)
Rain111.8 in/yr
Sunny Days273/yr
Elevation43 ft (13 m)
Population38,757
Population Density49 / sq mi
Elevation43 ft (13 m)
Coordinates17.0957°, 96.2206°
TimezoneAsia/Yangon
Country🇲🇲 Myanmar
State / ProvinceYangon
Average Temperature82°F (28°C)
January Average77°F (25°C)
July Average80°F (27°C)
Annual Precipitation111.8 inches (2,840 mm)
Annual Snowfall0.0 inches (0 cm)

About Hlegu

Hlegu is a mid-size city in Myanmar (Yangon) with a population of 38,757. The city sits at an elevation of 43 feet (13 meters) above sea level. The average annual temperature is 82°F (28°C). Temperatures range from 77°F in January to 80°F in July. Annual precipitation averages 111.8 inches. The timezone is Asia/Yangon.

Climate in Hlegu

Hlegu has an average annual temperature of 27.9°C (82°F). The hottest month is Apr (32.3°C), the coldest is Dec (25.1°C). Average annual precipitation is 1988 mm.

Month Avg °C / °F Min / Max °C Rain (mm)
Jan 25.4°C / 78°F 14.9° / 35.2° 12.3
Feb 27.3°C / 81°F 16° / 38.4° 8.6
Mar 30.9°C / 88°F 20° / 41.7° 10.0
Apr 32.3°C / 90°F 23.3° / 42.3° 75.7
May 30.6°C / 87°F 25° / 40.6° 222.1
Jun 28°C / 82°F 23.8° / 34.2° 277.4
Jul 27.4°C / 81°F 23.9° / 32.5° 399.5
Aug 27°C / 81°F 23.5° / 31.7° 419.6
Sep 27°C / 81°F 23.7° / 32° 366.1
Oct 27.2°C / 81°F 23.2° / 32.3° 153.5
Nov 26.5°C / 80°F 19.7° / 32.6° 39.6
Dec 25.1°C / 77°F 16.4° / 33.2° 3.8
Hlegu has a warm climate with an average annual temperature of 82°F (28°C). Winters average 77°F in January while summers reach 80°F in July / relatively mild seasonal variation. The area gets 273 sunny days per year, well above the U.S. average of 205 / making it one of the sunnier locations in the country. Annual precipitation totals 111.8 inches (wetter than the 38-inch national average). The city sits at an elevation of 43 feet, near sea level.

Temperature

77°F Jan (25°C) 80°F Jul (27°C)
Annual Average81.5°F
51% above Myanmar avg
January Average77°F (25°C)
July Average80°F (27°C)
Sunny Days273 days/yr

Geography

Elevation43 ft (13 m)
Area788.1 sq mi (2,041.2 km²)
Population Density49/sq mi
Coordinates17.0957°N, 96.2206°W
TimezoneAsia/Yangon

Precipitation & Snow

Annual Rainfall 111.8"
194% above Myanmar avg
Snowfall 0.0"
Wettest Month (Aug) 24.29"
Driest Month (Jan) 0.08"

Air Quality

Earthquake History

86 earthquakes (M2.5+) within 150 km since 1990. Strongest: M6.1. Most recent: M4.6 on Aug 21, 2025.

May 16, 1995 28 km WSW of Nyaunglebin, Myanmar M6.1 93 km
Jan 11, 2018 40 km WSW of Pyu, Myanmar M6.0 143 km
Aug 19, 1994 32 km W of Nyaunglebin, Myanmar M5.8 100 km
Sep 17, 2004 56 km SSE of Pyapon, Myanmar M5.7 147 km
Apr 1, 1991 48 km S of Pyapon, Myanmar M5.4 150 km
Aug 15, 1999 24 km WSW of Pyu, Myanmar M5.2 144 km
Apr 24, 2018 34 km WSW of Pyu, Myanmar M5.1 141 km
Mar 4, 2025 15 km S of Nyaungdon, Burma (Myanmar) M5.1 67 km
Mar 17, 2018 32 km WSW of Pyu, Myanmar M5.1 144 km
Mar 13, 2017 36 km SE of Tharyarwady, Myanmar M5.1 41 km
Jun 17, 2018 45 km WSW of Pyu, Myanmar M5.0 132 km
Apr 20, 2018 34 km WSW of Pyu, Myanmar M5.0 137 km
Jan 11, 2018 39 km WSW of Pyu, Myanmar M4.9 136 km
Apr 20, 2018 31 km WSW of Pyu, Myanmar M4.9 142 km
Mar 4, 2018 30 km WSW of Pyu, Myanmar M4.9 148 km
Apr 22, 2018 49 km WSW of Pyu, Myanmar M4.9 130 km
Jan 11, 2018 39 km W of Pyu, Myanmar M4.9 148 km
Jan 12, 2018 19 km WSW of Pyu, Myanmar M4.9 144 km
Jun 7, 2023 20 km SSW of Nyaungdon, Myanmar M4.8 75 km
Jun 18, 2019 41 km ENE of Letpandan, Myanmar M4.8 90 km
Source: USGS (M2.5+, 1990–2025)

Hurricane History

3 hurricanes (Cat 1+) within 500 km since 1980. Strongest: Category 4. Most recent: Nargis (2008).

Year Name Category Closest
2008 Nargis Category 4 50 km
2006 Mala Category 4 172 km
1982 Unnamed Category 3 51 km
Source: NOAA IBTrACS (Cat 1+, 1980–2026)

Tsunami History

1 tsunami recorded within 500 km. Highest wave on record: 1.1 m (3 ft).

Year Location Cause Max Wave Deaths Distance
1930 MYANMAR COAST Earthquake 1.1 m 500 74 km
Source: NOAA/NCEI Historical Tsunami Database. Sorted by wave height.

Monthly Weather

Month Avg Temperature Precipitation Summary
January 77°F (25°C) 0.1 in Driest
February 78°F (26°C) 0.1 in
March 83°F (28°C) 0.3 in
April 87°F (30°C) 1.3 in Warmest
May 85°F (29°C) 12.2 in
June 81°F (27°C) 22.8 in
July 80°F (27°C) 23.5 in
August 80°F (27°C) 24.3 in Wettest
September 81°F (27°C) 16.2 in
October 82°F (28°C) 7.8 in
November 80°F (27°C) 2.2 in
December 76°F (25°C) 0.6 in Coldest

Hlegu has a seasonal temperature swing of 10°F / from 76°F in December to 87°F in April. Total annual precipitation is 111.4 inches, with August being the wettest month (24.3") and January the driest (0.1").

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Schools in Hlegu

2 public schools (NCES 2022-23 data).

School Level Enrollment Teachers Student/Teacher
B.E.H.S Myoma (Hlegu)
အမှတ်(၁)အခြေခံပညာအထက်တန်းကျောင်း(လှည်းကူး)
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Radio Stations near Hlegu

1 stations within ~55 km.

Station Genre Quality
Cherry FM music pop, music variety MP3 112 kbps

Museums in Hlegu

NameTypeAddressPhoneAnnual Revenue
Ayerwon Art Gallery
DIY museum
Gabar Aye Buddhist Museum
Gabar Aye Buddhist Museum
Gabar Aye Buddhist Museum
Gabar Aye Buddhist Museum
Gabar Aye Buddhist Museum
Gabar Aye Buddhist Museum
Japan Payar
Myanmar Gems Museum
Myanmar Gems Museum
Myanmar Gems Museum

Libraries in Hlegu

NameAddressStaffAnnual VisitsCirculationCollectionPrograms
9 mile Shan Monastory0.0
9 mile Shan Monastory0.0
9 mile Shan Monastory0.0
Feture Stars0.0
Gaba Aye Research Library0.0
Gaba Aye Research Library0.0
Gaba Aye Research Library0.0
Khwar Nyo Alin Young Library0.0
Library0.0
Library0.0
Myat Mi မြတ်မိခင်0.0
Myat Mingalar Library0.0
Myat Mingalar Library0.0
Myat Mingalar Library0.0
Myint Moh Oo Library0.0
Myint Moh Oo Library0.0
Resource Center0.0
Thuta Padaythar Library0.0
Thuta Padaythar Library0.0
WYTU0.0
YTU Library0.0
ကတ်ထူ0.0
ကတ်ထူ0.0
လင်းရောင်ခြည် Lin Yaung Chi0.0
လင်းရောင်ခြည် Lin Yaung Chi0.0

Farmers Markets in Hlegu

NameAddressSeasonHoursOrganicWebsite
20 Ward Market
20 Ward Market
20 Ward Market
2nd quater market
၄၀ ဈေး
88 Market
Aung Min Ka Lar Market
Ben Ben Ma
Ben Ben Ma
Ben Ben Ma
Bo Kone Market
Bo Kone Market
Bo Kone Market
COD စျေး
Da Nyin Kone Butar Market
Da Nyin Kone Butar Market
Da Nyin Kone Butar Market
Danyinkone Butar Market
Hlaw Kar Market
Hmawbi market
Insein Market
Kyauk Yeay Twin Market
Kyauk Yeay Twin Market
Kyauk Yeay Twin Market
Lay Har Pyin Market
Mingaladon Market
Mya Nan Dar Market
Mya Nan Dar Meals Market
Mya Yadana Market
Mya Yadana Market
Mya Yadana Market
Mya Yadana Market
Myin Thar Market
Myin Thar Market
Myin Thar Market
Myin Thar Market
Myo Thit Market
Myo Thit Market
Myo Thit Market
Nandawon Market
Nandawon Market
Nandawon Market
Nandawon Market
NgaMauk Market
Ngwe Ya Mon Market
No.2 Market
No.2 Market
No.2 Market
No(2) Market
Okkyin grocery market
San Yeik Nyein Market
San Yeik Nyein Market
Street Bazaar
Ta Gu Chan Zay
Ta Gu Chan Zay
Tha Pyay Tan Market
Than Din Market
Than Din Market
Thiri Marlar Market
Thiri Marlar Market
Thiri Marlar Market
Thiri Mon Plaza
Thiri Mon Plaza
Thiri Mon Plaza
Thiri Mon Plaza
Thiri Yadanar Wholesale Market
Thiri Yadanar Wholesale Market
Yandanar Market (Htauk Kyant Zay)
Za Myin Swel Market
Za Myin Swel Market
ဈေးဆိုင်တန်း
ပင္လုႆေဈး Pinloan Zay
ပင္လုႆေဈး Pinloan Zay
ပင္လုႆေဈး Pinloan Zay
ဘုရားဈေးတန်း
မြို့မဈေး
မြို့မဈေး
မြို့မဈေး
မြို့မဈေး
မီးခၾက္ေဈး Mee kwat Zay
မီးခၾက္ေဈး Mee kwat Zay
မီးခၾက္ေဈး Mee kwat Zay
မီးခၾက္ေဈး Mee kwat Zay
ရတနာဈေး (ထောက်ကြန့်)
ရှမ်းချောင်းဈေး Shan Chaung Market

Restaurants in Hlegu

2 restaurants within city radius — OpenStreetMap data

Nan Myo Taw
Sein Lyan

Cafes in Hlegu

3 cafes within city radius — OpenStreetMap data

Aung Kaung San
Eaint Chit Phoo
Kadaykwel

Clinics in Hlegu

3 clinics within city radius — OpenStreetMap data

Pyi Taw Oo Hospital
စွမ်း ဆေးခန်း
ရွှေလပြည့် ဆေးရုံ

Bus Stations in Hlegu

2 bus stations within city radius — OpenStreetMap data

YBS-37(Hlegu)
YBS(44)Start gate

Gas Stations in Hlegu

1 gas stations within city radius — OpenStreetMap data

MAX Station

Banks in Hlegu

3 banks within city radius — OpenStreetMap data

AYA Bank
CB Bank
KBZ Bank

Breweries in Hlegu

NameTypeAddressPhoneWebsite
Burbrit Brewery
Burbrit Brewery
Burbrit Brewery
Burbrit Brewery

Stadiums & Teams in Hlegu

TeamLeagueDivision
No.2 National Indoor Stadium, Yangon
No.2 National Indoor Stadium, Yangon
South Dagon Myothit Football Stadium

Airports Near Hlegu

2 airports within the area.

AirportIATAType
Yangon International AirportRGNLarge Airport
Hmawbi Air BaseSmall Airport

Post Offices in Hlegu

1 post offices.

Post OfficeAddress
Post Office (Hlegu)

Treatment Centers in Hlegu

106 treatment centers.

CenterTypePhone
AbiDammaTaungThar Clinic
Alinyaung Clinic
Antidote
Aung
Aung Clinic
Aung Thu Kha
Aye Yate Thar
Chan Myae
Chan Yeik Nyein Clinic
Dr War War Sane ဝါဝါစိမ်း
Dr. Don Clinic
Hna Lone Hla နှလုံးလှ
Hsu Clinic
Hsu Clinic
Htate Tan Clinic
Htin Paw Dental Clinic
Htoo Clinic and Pharmacy
Htoo Clinic and Pharmacy
Kaung Myat
Kaung Say Clinic ေကာင္းေစ ေဆးခန္း
Kaung Say Clinic ေကာင္းေစ ေဆးခန္း
Kaung Su Aung (24 hr)
Kha Yan Yaung
Khamar Clinic
Khamar Clinic
Korea Clinic
La Pyae Clinic
Linn Eye Clinic
LUDC General Practice
Mi Ba Myit Tar မိဘေမတၱာ
Mingalar Moe Clinic
Myat Chan Thar
Myat Clinic
Myat Myittar clinic
Myat Myittar clinic
Myat Thuka Clinic
Myat Thuka Clinic
Myat Ziwa Clinic
Myin Hlae Gate
Myit Tar Mon Clinic
Myittar Mon Clinic
Myittar Mon Clinic
Nan Myint Clinic နန်းမြင့် ဆေးခန်း
Nan Myint Clinic နန်းမြင့် ဆေးခန်း
Nay Thit Clinic
Nay Thit Clinic
Parami
Parami
Pearl ပုလဲ
Phyo clinic
PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER
Sa Ta Nar Oo Clinic
Sakura Win - ဆာကူရာဝင်း
San Thaw Dar Eye Clinic
San Thaw Dar Eye Clinic
SanPya Clinic
SanPya Clinic
SanYay
Say Thanar Phyu Clinic
Sayar U Kyaw Myint Clinic
SayTanar Phyu Clinic
SayTanar Phyu Clinic
Shwe War Phoo
So Paye
Taw Win
Thet Taw Shae Clinic
Thet Taw Shae Clinic
Thiri Sandar
Thiri Tun
Thitsar Clinic
Thukha San
Waziya Clinic
Win Clinic
Yar Kyaw Clinic
Zewaka
Zewaka
ZiNa Clinic
Ziwa Thitsar Clinic
Ziwa Thitsar Clinic
ကျားဘုရင် Kyar Bayin
ကျော်အထွေထွေရောဂါကုဆေးခန်း Kyaw
ကြာဆေးခန်း Lotus Clinic
ကြာဆေးခန်း Lotus Clinic
ကောင်းဇေဆေးခန်း Kaung Zay Clinic
စွယ်တော်ဦး - Swe Taw Oo
စေဋာ
စေတနာဆေးခန်း Say Ta Nar Clinic
စေတနာရှင် - Saytanar
ဆရာဦးဇော်မိုး မြန်မာ့တိုင်းရင်းဆေးခန်း Saya U Zaw Moe Traditional Medicine Clinic
ဆေးကမ္ဘာ(၁) Medicine World 1
ဇီဝိတသုခ Ziwita Thukha
နိယာမ
နိုင် - Naing
မြတ်သုခ Myat Thukha
မိဘမေတ္တာ Miba Myitta
ဝင်းတိုင်းရင်းမြန်မာဆေးကုဌာန Win Myanmar Traditional Clinic
သဇင် Thazin
သဇင် Thazin
သပြေဖူး ဆေးခန်း
သပြေဖူး ဆေးခန်း
သိင်္ဂီ Theingi
သုခအောင် - Thukha Aung
အထွေထွေရောဂါကုဆေးရုံနှင့်မြို့နယ်ကျန်းမာရေးဦးစီးဌာန
အာရောဂျံ ဆေးဆိုင်နှင့်ဆေးခန်း
အာရောဂျံ ဆေးဆိုင်နှင့်ဆေးခန်း
အောင် Aung

Churches & Religious Organizations in Hlegu

5 religious organizations (IRS tax-exempt data).

NameAddress
Aung Chan Thar Monastery(ေအာင္ခ်မ္းသာဘုန္းႀကီးေက်ာင္း)
Maygawaddy Monastery(ေမဃဝတီဘုန္းႀကီးေက်ာင္း)
Ngar Htet Kyi Pagoda
Phaung Lin Thar Tha Nar(ဖောင်းလင်းသာသနာဓမ္မရိပ်သာ)
နိဗၺာန္ဆိပ္ဦးဓမၼာရံု

Quick Facts

Timezone
Asia/Yangon

🇲🇲 About Myanmar

Capital Nay Pyi Taw
Population 53,708,395
Area 678,500 km²
GDP (USD) $66,757,619,000
GDP per capita $1,233
HDI 0.585
Life expectancy 66.9 years
Internet users 58.5%
Urban population 30.4%
Currency MMK (Kyat)
Languages Burmese
Calling code +95
TLD .mm
Driving side right

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Frequently Asked Questions About Hlegu

What is the population of Hlegu?

Hlegu has a population of 38,757 residents and is located in Myanmar. The population density is 49 people per square mile, spread across 788.1 square miles.

What is the weather like in Hlegu?

Hlegu has a warm climate with an average annual temperature of 82°F (28°C). Winter temperatures average 77°F in January, while summers reach an average of 80°F in July. The area receives 273 sunny days per year, well above the national average of 205. Annual rainfall totals 111.8 inches.

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