A self-administered area (Burmese: ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ဒေသ, romanized: kopaingokchoakkwingdetha) is an administrative subdivision in Myanmar (Burma). There are five self-administered zones and one self-administered division.
Description
The self-administered division (SAD) exists at an administrative level half-a-step below that of states, regions and the union territory, and the self-administrative zones (SAZ) exists at the district level.1 Each self-administered area is administered by a "leading body" whose members are those members of their respective state and regional hluttlaw elected within the division and areas. The chief minister of a state or region formally appoints the chair upon selection by the leading body of the division or zones.2 The self-administered areas are formed on territory under de facto control of the country's ethnic armed organisations.3
Self-administered zones and self-administered division
| Flag | Name | Burmese | Capital | Region | Population | Area (km2) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Danu Self-Administered Zone | ဓနုကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ | Pindaya | Shan State | 161,8354 | Self-Administered Zone | |
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Kokang Self-Administered Zone | ကိုးကန့်ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ | Laukkai | Shan State | 123,7334 | Self-Administered Zone | |
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Naga Self-Administered Zone | နာဂကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ | Lahe | Sagaing Region | 116,8285 | 7,023.56 | Self-Administered Zone |
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Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone | ပလောင်းကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ | Namhsan | Shan State | 110,8054 | Self-Administered Zone | |
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Pa'O Self-Administered Zone | ပအိုဝ့်ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ | Hopong | Shan State | 380,4274 | Self-Administered Zone | |
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Wa Self-Administered Division | ဝကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရတိုင်း | Hopang | Shan State | 558,0004 | Self-Administered Division |
References
References
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- Shan State (PDF). The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 3-M. Naypyitaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 16.
- Sagaing Region (PDF). The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Vol. 3-E. Nay Pyi Taw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. pp. 17–18.
- "Naga Self-Administered Zone", Wikipedia, 2024-08-03, retrieved 2024-08-05