Dekkhinathiri Township
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|subdivision_name1 =Naypyidaw Union Territory
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|subdivision_name2 =Dekkhina District
|subdivision_type3 = Capital
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Dekkhinathiri Township ({{langx|my|ဒက္ခိဏသီရိမြို့နယ်}}) is one of Naypyidaw Union Territory's eight townships, located south of Mandalay Region in Burma. The township is home to Maravijaya Buddha, the world's largest Buddha marble statue.
History
Dekkhinathiri Township was designated as one of the original townships constituting the new capital region of Naypyidaw on 26 March 2006 by the Ministry of Home Affairs (Myanmar) (MOHA), comprising 2 wards, 6 village tracts and 24 villages.{{Cite web|url=http://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/TspProfiles_GAD_Det_Khi_Na_Thi_Ri_2017_MMR.pdf|title=ဒက္ခိဏသီရိမြို့နယ်ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက်များ|date=2017|website=General Administration Department|access-date=2018-10-28|archive-date=2019-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715095502/http://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/TspProfiles_GAD_Det_Khi_Na_Thi_Ri_2017_MMR.pdf|url-status=dead}} It was named Dekkhinathiri Township on 20 January 2011 by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Dekkhinathiri is derived from Pali {{IAST|dakkhiṇasiri}}, and literally means "splendor of the south."{{Cite book|last=Buddhadatta|first=A. P.|title=Concise Pali-English Dictionary|date=1992-01-01|publisher=French & European Publications, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-7859-7473-4|language=en}}
Demographics
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The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Dekkhinathiri Township had a population of 51,328.{{Cite web|url=https://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/TspProfiles_Census_Dekkhinathiri_2014_ENG.pdf|title=Dekkhinathiri Township Report|date=October 2017|website=2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census}} The population density was 328.8 people per km2. The census reported that the median age was 25.1 years, and 111 males per 100 females. There were 6,997 households; the mean household size was 3.9.