Naypyidaw Union Territory

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

Union Territory (Nay Pyi Taw) Nay Pyi Taw 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 codes	2 (mobile: 69, 90)
Website	www.nptcouncil.gov.mm

Administrative divisions

Prior to 2022, the Naypyidaw Union Territory consisted of two districts- Ottara and Dekkhina also known as North and South Naypyidaw respectively. In 2022, the townships were reorganised into four districts.^[3][4]

The Naypyidaw Union Territory consists of the following districts and townships:

• Ottara District
  • Ottarathiri Township (ဥတ္တရသီရိမြို့နယ်)
  • Tatkone Township (တပ်ကုန်းမြို့နယ်)
• Zeyathiri District
  • Zeyathiri Township (ဇေယျာသီရိမြို့နယ်)
  • Pobbathiri Township (ပုဗ္ဗသီရိမြို့နယ်)
• Dekkhina District (also known as Lewe District)
  • Dekkhinathiri Township (ဒက္ခိဏသီရိမြို့နယ်)
  • Lewe Township (လယ်ဝေးမြို့နယ်)
• Pyinmana District
  • 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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7] The population density was 164.4 people per km².^[7] The census reported that the median age was 26.8 years, and 95 males per 100 females.^[7] There were 262,253 households; the mean household size was 4.1.^[7]

Religion

According to the 2014 Myanmar Census, Buddhists make up 96.8% of Naypyidaw Union Territory's population, forming the largest religious community there.^[8] Minority religious communities include Christians (1.1%), Muslims (2.1%), and Hindus (0%) who collectively comprise the remainder of Naypyidaw Union Territory's population.^[8]

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.^[9] 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.^[9] 923 thilashin were registered in Naypyidaw Union Territory, comprising 1.5% of Myanmar's total thilashin community.^[9]