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Naypyidaw Union Territory
Union territory of Myanmar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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)
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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)
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Demographics
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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]
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