Naypyidaw Union Territory
Naypyidaw Union Territory (Burmese: နေပြည်တော် ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ; also spelled Nay Pyi Taw) is an administrative division in central Myanmar (Burma).[2] It contains Naypyidaw, the capital city of Myanmar.
Naypyidaw Union Territory နေပြည်တော် ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ | |
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Naypyidaw Union Territory Location in Myanmar (Burma) | |
Coordinates: 19°45′0″N 96°6′0″E | |
Country | |
Capital | Naypyidaw |
Government | |
• President of Myanmar | Win Myint |
• Mayor and Chairperson of the Naypyidaw Council | Myo Aung |
Population | |
• Total | 1,160,242 |
• Rank | 13th |
Demonym(s) | Naypyidawan |
Time zone | UTC+6:30 (MMT) |
Area code(s) | 2 (mobile: 69, 90) |
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Administrative divisions
The Naypyidaw Union Territory consists of the following districts and townships:
- Ottara District (also known as North Naypyidaw)
- Ottarathiri Township (ဥတ္တရသီရိမြို့နယ်)
- Pobbathiri Township (ပုဗ္ဗသီရိမြို့နယ်)
- Tatkone Township (တပ်ကုန်းမြို့နယ်)
- Zeyathiri Township (ဇေယျာသီရိမြို့နယ်)
- Dekkhina District (also known as South Naypyidaw)
- Dekkhinathiri Township (ဒက္ခိဏသီရိမြို့နယ်)
- Lewe Township (လယ်ဝေးမြို့နယ်)
- Pyinmana Township (ပျဉ်းမနားမြို့နယ်)
- Zabuthiri Township (ဇမ္ဗူသီရိမြို့နယ်)
Administration
Naypyidaw Union Territory is under the direct administration of the President. Day-to-day functions are carried out on the President's behalf by the Naypyidaw Council led by a Chairperson. The Chairperson and members of the Naypyidaw Council are appointed by the President and include both civilians and Armed Forces representatives.[3]
On 30 March 2011, President Thein Sein appointed Thein Nyunt as chairman of the Naypyidaw Council, along with 9 chair members: Than Htay, Colonel Myint Aung Than, Kan Chun, Paing Soe, Saw Hla, Myint Swe, Myint Shwe and Myo Nyunt.[4]
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2014 | 1,160,242 | — |
Source: 2014 Myanmar Census |
The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Naypyidaw Union Territory had a population of 1,160,242.[5] The population density was 164.4 people per km².[5] The census reported that the median age was 26.8 years, and 95 males per 100 females.[5] There were 262,253 households; the mean household size was 4.1.[5]
The population in terms of religious affiliation was as follows: 96.8% Buddhist, 2.1% Muslim, and 1.1% Christian.[6]
References
- Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. 2. Naypyitaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 17.
- Archived November 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- "Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (PDF). Upload.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- Thein Sein (31 March 2011). "Notification No. 7/2011: Formation of Nay Pyi Taw Council" (PDF). New Light of Myanmar. p. 15. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- "Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory Report" (PDF). 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. May 2015.
- "The Union Report: Religion" (PDF). The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. July 2016.