Naypyidaw Union Territory
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Naypyidaw Union Territory
| Naypyidaw Union Territory နေပြည်တော် ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ |
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 Naypyidaw Union Territory
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| Coordinates: 19°45′0″N 96°6′0″E / 19.75°N 96.1°E | |
| Country |  Burma |
| Region | Central |
| Capital | Naypyidaw |
| Government | |
| • President of Burma | Thein Sein |
| • Chairperson of the Naypyidaw Council | Thein Nyunt |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 925,000 |
| Time zone | MST (UTC6:30) |
| Postal codes | |
| Area code(s) | 2 (mobile: 69, 90)[1] |
Naypyidaw Union Territory (Burmese: နေပြည်တော် ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ, also spelt Naypyitaw) is a administrative division in central Burma (Myanmar). [2] The Union Territory encompasses the administrative capital of Burma, Naypyidaw.
Townships
The Naypyidaw Union Territory consists of the following townships:
- Pyinmana Township (ပျဉ်းမနားမြို့နယ်)
- Lewe Township (လယ်ဝေးမြို့နယ်)
- Tatkon Township (တပ်ကုန်းမြို့နယ်)
- Ottarathiri Township (ဥတ္တရသီရိမြို့နယ်)
- Dekkhinathiri Township (ဒက္ခိဏသီရိမြို့နယ်)
- Pobbathiri Township (ပုဗ္ဗသီရိမြို့နယ်)
- Zabuthiri Township (ဇမ္ဗူသီရိမြို့နယ်)
- Zeyathiri Township (ဇေယျာသီရိမြို့နယ်)
Adminsitration
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]
References
- ^ "Myanmar Area Codes". http://en.18dao.net/Area_Code/Myanmar.
- ^ http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=19671
- ^ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Constitution_of_Myanmar_of_2008.pdf
- ^ Thein Sein (31 March 2011). "Notification No. 7/2011: Formation of Nay Pyi Taw Council". New Light of Myanmar: pp. 15. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs11/NLM2011-03-31.pdf. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
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Coordinates: 21°58′N 96°05′E / 21.967°N 96.083°E
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