Naypyidaw Union Territory

Naypyidaw Union Territory နေပြည်တော် ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ
—  Union Territory  —
Naypyidaw Union Territory Location in Burma
Coordinates: 19°45′0″N 96°6′0″E / 19.75°N 96.1°E / 19.75; 96.1
Country	Burma
Region	Central
Capital	Naypyidaw
Government
- President of Burma	Thein Sein
- Chairperson of the Naypyidaw Council
- Mayor of Naypyidaw	Thein Nyunt
Population (2010)
- Total	925,000
Time zone	MST (UTC6:30)
Postal codes
Area code(s)	2 (mobile: 69, 90)[1]

Naypyidaw Union Territory (Burmese: နေပြည်တော် ပြည်တောင်စုနယ်မြေ, also spelt Naypyitaw) is a administrative division in central Burma (Myanmar). ^[2] The Union Territory encompasses the administrative capital of Burma, Naypyidaw.

Townships

The Naypyidaw Union Territory consists of the following townships:

• Pyinmana Township (ပျဉ်းမနားမြို့နယ်)
• Lewe Township (လယ်ဝေးမြို့နယ်)
• Tatkon Township (တပ်ကုန်းမြို့နယ်)
• Ottara Thiri Township (ဥတ္တရသီရိမြို့နယ်)
• Dekkhina Thiri Township (ဒက္ခိဏသီရိမြို့နယ်)
• Pobba Thiri Township (ပုဗ္ဗသီရိမြို့နယ်)
• Zabu Thiri Township (ဇမ္ဗူသီရိမြို့နယ်)
• Zeyar Thiri Township (ဇေယျာသီရိမြို့နယ်)

Adminsitration

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. ^[3]

References

1. ^ "Myanmar Area Codes". http://en.18dao.net/Area_Code/Myanmar. 
2. ^ http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=19671
3. ^ http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Constitution_of_Myanmar_of_2008.pdf

Coordinates: 21°58′N 96°05′E / 21.967°N 96.083°E / 21.967; 96.083