self-administered zone

A self-administered area ({{Langx|my|ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ ဒေသ|ypaingôkchôkkwangayadetha|}}) is an administrative subdivision in Myanmar (Burma). There are five self-administered zones and one self-administered division.

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The self-administered division (SAD) exists at an administrative level half-a-step below that of states, regions and the union territory, and the self-administrative zones (SAZ) exists at the district level.{{cite web |title=Summary of the Myanmar P-Code version- 9.2 Mar 2020 |url=https://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/Pcodes_Read_Me_9.2_20Mar2020.pdf |website=MIMU |publisher=Myanmar Information Management Unit |access-date=4 April 2025}} Each self-administered area is administered by a "leading body" whose members are those members of their respective state and regional hluttlaw elected within the division and areas. The chief minister of a state or region formally appoints the chair upon selection by the leading body of the division or zones.{{cite web |last1=Xison |first1=Hamish |last2=Jolene |first2=Cindy |last3=Saw |first3=Kyi Pyar Chit |last4=Lynn |first4=Thet Aung |last5=Arnold |first5=Matthew |title=STATE AND REGION GOVERNMENTS IN MYANMAR, Policy Dialogue Brief Series No. 1 |url=https://asiafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/State-Region-Government_Policy-Brief_ENG.pdf |website=The Asia Foundation |publisher=The Asia Foundation |access-date=4 April 2025}} The self-administered areas are formed on territory under de facto control of the country's ethnic armed organisations.{{cite web |title=Asymmetrical Federalism in Myanmar: A Modern Mandala System? |url=https://www.iseas.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ISEAS_Perspective_2021_155.pdf |website=Yusof Ishak Institute |publisher=ISEAS |access-date=4 April 2025}}

Self-administered zones and self-administered division

File:SAZs & SAD of Burma.png

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File:Flag of the Danu people.svg

| Danu Self-Administered Zone

| {{lang|my|ဓနုကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ}}

| Pindaya

| Shan State

| 161,835{{cite book |url=https://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/Report_Shan_State_Census_Report_MOIP_May2015.pdf |title=Shan State |date=May 2015 |publisher=Ministry of Immigration and Population |series=The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census |volume=3-M |location=Naypyitaw |pages=16}}

| Self-Administered Zone

File:Flag of Kokang Self-Administered Zone.svg

| Kokang Self-Administered Zone

| {{lang|my|ကိုးကန့်ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ}}

| Laukkai

| Shan State

| 123,733

| Self-Administered Zone

File:Flag of Naga Self-Administered Zone.png

| Naga Self-Administered Zone

| {{lang|my|နာဂကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ}}

| Lahe

| Sagaing Region

| 116,828{{Cite book |url=https://myanmar.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Sagaing%20Region%20Census%20Report%20-%20ENGLISH-3.pdf |title=Sagaing Region |date=May 2015 |publisher=Ministry of Immigration and Population |series=The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census |volume=3-E |location=Nay Pyi Taw |pages=17-18}}

| 7,023.5{{Citation |title=Naga Self-Administered Zone |date=2024-08-03 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naga_Self-Administered_Zone&oldid=1238293462 |access-date=2024-08-05 |language=en}}

| Self-Administered Zone

File:Flag of the Palaung people.svg

| Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone

| {{lang|my|ပလောင်းကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ}}

| Namhsan

| Shan State

| 110,805

| Self-Administered Zone

File:Pa-o nationality flag.svg

| Pa'O Self-Administered Zone

| {{lang|my|ပအိုဝ့်ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ}}

| Hopong