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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 current capital of Myanmar (Burma) is Naypyidaw. The following is a list of political capitals of notable states in Burmese history from the 9th century to the present. The list is generally organised in dynastic and chronological orders.
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 ethnolinguistic map of Burma.
The Union Territory (Nay Pyi Taw) (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုနယ်မြေ (နေပြည်တော်)), also called Nay Pyi Taw Council Territory (နေပြည်တော်ကောင်စီနယ်မြေ) (Nay Pyi Taw also spelled Nay Pyitaw, Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Daw) is an administrative division in central Myanmar (Burma). [2]
Myanmar, [d] officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar [e] and also rendered as Burma (the official English form until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia.It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million.
Naypyidaw Union Territory and Mon State have the least with just 2 districts. The District's role is more supervisory as the 330 townships are the basic administrative unit of local governance and are the only type of administrative division that covers the entirety of Myanmar. A District is led by a District Administrator and a Township is ...
The country's capital city is Naypyidaw, and its largest city is Yangon (formerly Rangoon). Myanmar is a member of the East Asia Summit, Non-Aligned Movement, ASEAN, and BIMSTEC, but it is not a member of the Commonwealth of Nations despite once being part of the British Empire. Myanmar is a Dialogue Partner of the Shanghai Cooperation ...
The National Museum of Myanmar (Naypyidaw) (Burmese: အမျိုးသားပြတိုက် (နေပြည်တော်)) is a modern museum located near the Kumudra circle, in Ottarathiri Township, Naypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma).