Naypyidaw

Naypyidaw
နေပြည်တော်
NPT
Nay Pyi Taw
Clockwise from top: Uppatasanti Pagoda, Water Fountain Garden, Ministry Zone, Gems Museum, Union Parliament
Clockwise from top: Uppatasanti Pagoda, Water Fountain Garden, Ministry Zone, Gems Museum, Union Parliament
Naypyidaw is located in Myanmar
Naypyidaw
Naypyidaw
Location of Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar
Naypyidaw is located in Asia
Naypyidaw
Naypyidaw
Naypyidaw (Asia)
Coordinates: 19°44′51″N 96°06′54″E / 19.74750°N 96.11500°E / 19.74750; 96.11500
Country Myanmar
DivisionNaypyidaw Union Territory[1]
Subdivisions8 townships
Settled2005
Incorporated2008
SeatNay Pyi Taw City Hall
Government
 • BodyNaypyidaw Development Committee
 • ChairmanMyo Aung (Mayor)
Area
 • Total7,054.37 km2 (2,723.71 sq mi)
Elevation
115 m (377 ft)
Population
 • Total924,608
 • Density131.1/km2 (339.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+06:30 (MMT)
Area code067

Naypyidaw, officially romanized Nay Pyi Taw (Burmese: နေပြည်တော်; MLCTS: Nepranytau; pronounced [nèpjìdɔ̀] lit.'Royal Capital'), is the capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory.[1] It is unusual among Myanmar's cities in that it is an entirely planned city outside of any state or region. The city, then known only as Pyinmana District, officially replaced Yangon as the administrative capital of Myanmar on 6 November 2005; its official name was revealed to the public on Armed Forces Day, 27 March 2006.[5]

As the seat of the government of Myanmar, Naypyidaw is the site of the Union Parliament, the Supreme Court, the Presidential Palace, the official residences of the Cabinet of Myanmar and the headquarters of government ministries and military. Naypyidaw is notable for its unusual combination of large size and very low population density.[6][7] The city hosted the 24th and 25th ASEAN Summit, the 3rd BIMSTEC Summit, the Ninth East Asia Summit, the 2013 Southeast Asian Games and the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship.

  1. ^ a b "Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd" တိုင်းခုနစ်တိုင်းကို တိုင်းဒေသကြီးများအဖြစ် လည်းကောင်း၊ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်းနှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ ဒေသများ ရုံးစိုက်ရာ မြို့များကို လည်းကောင်း ပြည်ထောင်စုနယ်မြေတွင် ခရိုင်နှင့်မြို့နယ်များကို လည်းကောင်း သတ်မှတ်ကြေညာ. Weekly Eleven News (in Burmese). 20 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  2. ^ "News Briefs". The Myanmar Times. Myanmar Consolidated Media. 20 March 2006. Archived from the original on 27 June 2006. Retrieved 1 April 2006.
  3. ^ Pedrosa, Veronica (20 November 2006). "Burma's 'seat of the kings'". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 23 November 2006. Retrieved 21 November 2006.
  4. ^ Department of Population, Myanmar.
  5. ^ Dulyapak Preecharushh. "Myanmar's New Capital City of Naypyidaw". Engineering Earth. Academia.edu: 1021–1044. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  6. ^ "This 'empty' city is more than four times the size of London". indy100. 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Inside Burma's ghost town capital city, which is 4 times the size of London with a fraction of the population". The Independent. 23 June 2017. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

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