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Naypyidaw, officially romanized as Nay Pyi Taw (NPT), [a] [b] 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 release of Aung San Suu Kyi and around 20,000 fellow political prisoners will be the most crucial step towards ending the conflict in Myanmar, the country’s government-in-exile has said. The ...
A flash mob of mostly young people in Myanmar’s biggest city staged a brief protest march Thursday against military rule, the latest in a series of actions aimed at reducing the chances of a ...
Naypyidaw International Airport officially spelled Nay Pyi Taw (IATA: NYT, ICAO: VYNT), (Burmese: နေပြည်တော် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာ လေဆိပ်; previously known as Ela Airport), is located 16 kilometres (10 mi) southeast of Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar. Before the foundation of ...
The Naypyidaw Development Committee (Burmese: နေပြည်တော်စည်ပင်သာယာရေးကော်မတီ; abbreviated NPTDC) is the administrative body of Naypyidaw, the administrative capital of Myanmar (Burma). NPTDC is separate from the Naypyidaw Council. [1]
The capitals of states and regions in Myanmar are bolded. In Myanmar, the definition of a city is ambiguous with the Burmese term မြို့ ('myo') being translated as any urban area. The General Administration Department only explicitly defines the three cities of Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw. [2] An enlargeable map of Myanmar.
An airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group killed about 40 people and injured at least 20 others, officials of the group and a local charity ...
On 4 February 2021, around 70 MP-elects from the NLD took an oath of office in Naypyidaw, pledging to abide by the people's mandate, and to serve as lawmakers for their original five-year term. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The following day, 15 NLD politicians led by Phyu Phyu Thin , a Pyithu Hluttaw member representing Yangon's Mingala Taungnyunt Township ...