Pyinmana District Explained

Native Name:ပျဉ်းမနားခရိုင် (၂၀၀၆ - ၂၀၀၉)
နေပြည်တော်ခရိုင် (၂၀၀၉ - ၂၀၁၃)
Conventional Long Name:Pyinmana District (2006 - 2009)
Naypyidaw District (2009 - 2013)
Common Name:.
Status Text:District
Capital:Pyinmana (2006 - 2009)
Year Start:23 February 2006
Year End:11 January 2013
P1:Yamethin District
S1:Dekkhina District
S2:Ottara District
Flag P1:Flag of Mandalay Division.svg
Flag S1:Flag of Naypyidaw Union Territory.svg
Flag S2:Flag of Naypyidaw Union Territory.svg
Image Map2:Mandalay Region and Naypyidaw UT.svg
Image Map2 Caption:Naypyidaw district in Mandalay Region (in red)

Pyinmana District (Burmese: ပျဉ်းမနားခရိုင်) was a district of Mandalay Division, Myanmar. Later it was renamed as Naypyidaw District. In 2011, it was separated from Mandalay Region and organized under Naypyidaw Union Territory. In 2013, Naypyidaw district was divided into two districts, Dekkhina and Ottara.

History

Yamethin District is a district of Mandalay Division and consists of 5 townships, Yamethin, Pyawbwe, Pyinmana, Lewe and Tatkon. In 2006, the new capital Naypyidaw was built in KyatPyay which was located near Pyinmana. In February 2006, Pyinmana Township, Takon Township and Lewe Township were separated from Yamethin District and formed as Pyinmana District. On 26 November 2008, some areas of those 3 townships were separated and formed Naypyidaw Township with 16 wards and 202 villages. On 28 January 2009, Pyinmana District was renamed Naypyidaw District. On 26 March 2009, Naypyidaw Township was divided into five new Thiri Townships and expanded to a total of 8 townships.

According to the 2008 Constitution, Union Territory was formed with one district and eight townships. On 11 January 2013, Naypyidaw district was divided into two districts, Dekkhina and Ottara.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. News: ပြန်လည်ရေးဆွဲနေသည့် မြို့ပြစီမံကိန်း. 8 October 2021. 24 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210224024621/https://myanmar.mmtimes.com/national-news/nay-pyi-taw/26135-2017-05-03-10-44-59.html.
  2. News: နေပြည်တော်ကောင်စီနောက်ခံသမိုင်း. 8 October 2021. 2 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210202044017/https://myanmar.gov.mm/naypyitaw-council.