Naypyidaw Union Territory

Naypyidaw Union Territory နေပြည်တော် ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ
Union Territory
Naypyidaw Union Territory Location in Burma
Coordinates: 19°45′0″N 96°6′0″E / 19.75000°N 96.10000°E
Country	Burma
Capital	Naypyidaw
Government
• President of Burma	Htin Kyaw
• Mayor and Chairperson of the Naypyidaw Council	Myo Aung
Population (2014)[1]
• Total	1,160,242
• Rank	13th
Time zone	MST (UTC6:30)
Area code(s)	2 (mobile: 69, 90)[2]

Naypyidaw Union Territory (Burmese: နေပြည်တော် ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ, also spelt Naypyitaw) is an administrative division in central Burma (Myanmar).^[3] The Union Territory encompasses the administrative capital of Burma, Naypyidaw.

Administrative divisions

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

• Ottara District (a.k.a. North Naypyidaw)
  • Ottarathiri Township (ဥတ္တရသီရိမြို့နယ်)
  • Pobbathiri Township (ပုဗ္ဗသီရိမြို့နယ်)
  • Tatkone Township (တပ်ကုန်းမြို့နယ်)
  • Zeyathiri Township (ဇေယျာသီရိမြို့နယ်)
• Dekkhina District (a.k.a. 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2014	1,160,242	—
Source: 2014 Myanmar Census[1]

References

1. Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census 2. Naypyitaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 17. line feed character in |series= at position 41 (help)
2. "Myanmar Area Codes". En.18dao.net. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
3. Archived November 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
4. "Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" (PDF). Upload.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
5. 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.

Coordinates: 21°58′N 96°05′E / 21.967°N 96.083°E