Naypyidaw Union Territory

The Naypyitaw Union Territory (Burmese: ပြည်‌ထောင်စုနယ်မြေ နေပြည်တော်), also called Naypyitaw Council Territory (နေပြည်တော်ကောင်စီနယ်မြေ) (Naypyitaw also spelled Nay Pyi Taw, Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Daw) is an administrative division in central Myanmar (Burma).^[2] It contains Naypyidaw, the capital city of Myanmar.

Naypyitaw Union Territory / Naypyitaw Council Territory ပြည်‌ထောင်စုနယ်မြေ နေပြည်တော် / နေပြည်တော်ကောင်စီနယ်မြေ
Union Territory
Flag Seal
Location in Myanmar (Burma)
Coordinates: 19°45′0″N 96°6′0″E
Country	Myanmar
Capital	Naypyidaw
Government
• Body	Naypyidaw Council
• Chairperson of the Naypyidaw Council	Tin Oo Lwin
• Chairperson of the Naypyidaw Development Committee	Maung Maung Naing
Area
• Total	7,054 km2 (2,724 sq mi)
Population  (2014)[1]
• Total	1,160,242
• Rank	13th
• Density	160/km2 (430/sq mi)
	The metro area population of Naypyidaw is 683,000
Demonym	Naypyidawan
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MMT)
Postal codes	15011 to 15033
Area code(s)	2 (mobile: 69, 90)
Website	www.nptcouncil.gov.mm

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]

Chairmen of the Naypyidaw Council

• Thein Nyunt (30 Mar 2011 - 30 Mar 2016)
• Myo Aung (30 Mar 2016– 1 Feb 2021)
• Maung Maung Naing (2 Feb 2021 - 19 Aug 2022)
• Tin Oo Lwin (19 Aug 2022–present)

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2014	1,160,242	—
Source: 2014 Myanmar Census

Religion in Naypyidaw Union Territory (2014)
Religion			Percent
Buddhism			96.8%
Islam			2.1%
Christianity			1.1%

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]

Religion

According to the 2014 Myanmar Census, Buddhists make up 96.8% of Naypyidaw Union Territory's population, forming the largest religious community there.^[6] Minority religious communities include Christians (1.1%), Muslims (2.1%), and Hindus (0%) who collectively comprise the remainder of Naypyidaw Union Territory's population.^[6]

According to the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee’s 2016 statistics, 10,956 Buddhist monks were registered in Naypyidaw Union Territory, comprising 2% of Myanmar's total Sangha membership, which includes both novice samanera and fully-ordained bhikkhu.^[7] The majority of monks belong to the Thudhamma Nikaya (98.2%), followed by Shwegyin Nikaya (1.8%), with the remainder of monks belonging to other small monastic orders.^[7] 923 thilashin were registered in Naypyidaw Union Territory, comprising 1.5% of Myanmar's total thilashin community.^[7]

References

1. Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 2. Naypyitaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 17.
2. Archived November 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
4. 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.
5. "Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory Report" (PDF). 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. May 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
6. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Census Report Volume 2-C (PDF). Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population. July 2016. pp. 12–15.
7. "The Account of Wazo Monks and Nuns in 1377 (2016 year)". State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee. 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-19.

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