Naypyidaw Union Territory

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.{{cite news |title=Expansion of new districts: New districts expanded in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states |url=https://www.myanmaritv.com/news/expansion-new-districts-new-districts-expanded-nay-pyi-taw-regions-and-states |work=Myanmar International Television |date=2 May 2022}}{{cite web |title=Expansion of new districts in Nay Pyi Taw, regions and states according to political, administrative, economic and social development |url=https://www.moi.gov.mm/moi:eng/news/6930 |website=Ministry of Information |date=2 May 2022}}

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

• Ottara District
• Ottarathiri Township ({{lang|my|ဥတ္တရသီရိမြို့နယ်}})
• Tatkone Township ({{lang|my|တပ်ကုန်းမြို့နယ်}})
• Zeyathiri District
• Zeyathiri Township ({{lang|my|ဇေယျာသီရိမြို့နယ်}})
• Pobbathiri Township ({{lang|my|ပုဗ္ဗသီရိမြို့နယ်}})
• Dekkhina District (also known as Lewe District)
• Dekkhinathiri Township ({{lang|my|ဒက္ခိဏသီရိမြို့နယ်}})
• Lewe Township ({{lang|my|လယ်ဝေးမြို့နယ်}})
• Pyinmana District
• Pyinmana Township ({{lang|my|ပျဉ်းမနားမြို့နယ်}})
• Zabuthiri Township ({{lang|my|ဇမ္ဗူသီရိမြို့နယ်}})

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.{{cite web|url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Constitution_of_Myanmar_of_2008.pdf|title=Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar|access-date=13 October 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427121736/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Constitution_of_Myanmar_of_2008.pdf|archivedate=27 April 2011}}

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs11/NLM2011-03-31.pdf|title=Notification No. 7/2011: Formation of Nay Pyi Taw Council|author=Thein Sein|date=31 March 2011|work=New Light of Myanmar|pages=15|access-date=21 August 2011}}

• 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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The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Naypyidaw Union Territory had a population of 1,160,242.{{Cite web|url=http://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/Census_Nay_Pyi_Taw_Report_Eng_2015.pdf|title=Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory Report|date=May 2015|website=2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census|access-date=2018-10-28|archive-date=2018-08-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820181109/http://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/Census_Nay_Pyi_Taw_Report_Eng_2015.pdf|url-status=dead}} The population density was 164.4 people per km². The census reported that the median age was 26.8 years, and 95 males per 100 females. There were 262,253 households; the mean household size was 4.1.

According to the 2014 Myanmar Census, Buddhists make up 96.8% of Naypyidaw Union Territory's population, forming the largest religious community there.{{cite book|author=|url=https://www.dop.gov.mm/sites/dop.gov.mm/files/publication_docs/union_2-c_religion_en_0.pdf|title=The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Census Report Volume 2-C|publisher=Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population|date=July 2016|pages=12–15}} Minority religious communities include Christians (1.1%), Muslims (2.1%), and Hindus (0%) who collectively comprise the remainder of Naypyidaw Union Territory's population.

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.{{Cite web|date=2016|title=The Account of Wazo Monks and Nuns in 1377 (2016 year)|url=http://www.mahana.org.mm/en/religious-affairs/the-account-of-wazo-monks-and-nuns-in-1377-2016-year/|access-date=2021-01-19|website=State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee|language=en-US}} 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. 923 thilashin were registered in Naypyidaw Union Territory, comprising 1.5% of Myanmar's total thilashin community.

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