Ottarathiri Township
{{Short description|Township of Naypyidaw Union Territory, Myanmar}}
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|settlement_type = Township
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|subdivision_type1 =Territory
|subdivision_name1 =Naypyidaw Union Territory
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|subdivision_name2 =Ottara District
|subdivision_type3 = Capital
|timezone = MMT
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Ottarathiri Township ({{lang|my|ဥတ္တရသီရိမြို့နယ်}}) is one of Naypyidaw Union Territory's eight townships, located south of Mandalay Region in Myanmar.
History
7 village tracts, consisting of 39 villages from Pyinmana Township, and 3 village tracts, consisting of 9 villages from Tatkon Township were separated to form Ottarathiri Township.{{Cite web|url=http://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/TspProfiles_GAD_Oke_Ta_Ra_Thi_Ri_2017_MMR.pdf|title=ဥတ္တရသီရိမြို့နယ်ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက်များ|date=2017|website=General Administration Department}}
Ottarathiri is derived from Pali {{IAST|uttarasiri}}, and literally means "splendor of the north."{{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
=2014=
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|2014 | 81,620
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The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Ottarathiri Township had a population of 81,620.{{Cite web|url=https://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/TspProfiles_Census_Ottarathiri_2014_ENG.pdf|title=Ottarathiri Township Report|date=October 2017|website=2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census}} The population density was 98.2 people per km2. The census reported that the median age was 25.6 years, and 103 males per 100 females. There were 18,661 households; the mean household size was 4.1.
=Ethnic makeup=
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|title = Ethnic composition of Ottarathiri Township
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{{bar percent|Bamar|#ee82ee|99.9}}
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The Bamar effectively make up the entirety of the township's population.{{Cite web |date=2019-09-30 |title=ဥတ္တရသီရိမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက်များ |trans-title=Ottarathiri Township Regional Facts |url=https://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/TspProfiles_GAD_Oke_Ta_Ra_Thi_Ri_2019_MMR.pdf |website=General Administration Department |page=8 |language=my}}