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Naypyidaw Union Territory

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Country
  
Burma

Time zone
  
MST (UTC6:30)

Area code
  
2 (mobile: 69, 90)

Capital
  
Naypyidaw

Population
  
1.16 million (2014)

Team
  
Nay Pyi Taw F.C.

Naypyidaw Union Territory

Colleges and Universities
  
Yezin Agricultural University, University of Veterinar, University of Forestry (Yezin)

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

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Map of Naypyidaw Union Territory, Myanmar (Burma)

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.

    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.

    References

    Naypyidaw Union Territory Wikipedia