Pyinmana District ( my, ပျဉ်းမနားခရိုင်) was a district of

Mandalay Division Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering Sagaing Region and Magway Region to ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

.Later it was renamed as Naypyidaw District.Since 2011, it was separated from Mandalay Region and organized under

Naypyidaw Union Territory The Naypyitaw Union Territory ( my, ပြည်‌ထောင်စုနယ်မြေ နေပြည်တော်), also called Naypyitaw Council Territory () (Naypyitaw also spelled Nay Pyi Taw, Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Daw) is an administr ...

.In 2013, Naypyidaw district was divided into two districts, Dekkhina and Ottara.

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Yamethin District Yamethin District ( my, ရမည်းသင်း) is a district of the Mandalay Region in central Myanmar. Townships The district contains the following townships: *Pyawbwe Township *Yamethin Township Yamethin Township is a township of Yame ...

is a district of Mandalay Division and consists of 5 townships,

Yamethin Yamethin Township is a township of Yamethin District in the Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar). The administrative seat and principal city is Yamethin, which is also the major rail stop in the township, and it has a population of 258,091. Commun ...

, Pyawbwe,

Pyinmana Pyinmana (, ; population: 100,000 (2006 estimate)) is a logging town and sugarcane refinery center in the Naypyidaw Union Territory of Myanmar. The administrative capital of Myanmar was officially moved to a militarized greenfield site (which the ...

Lewe Lewe is a town in the Naypyidaw Union Territory of central Myanmar. Location and population Lewe is one of the administrative township in Naypyidaw Union territory, Myanmar. It is about ten miles southwest from Pyinmana Township. It is not onl ...

and Tatkon.In 2006, the new capital

Naypyidaw Naypyidaw, officially spelled Nay Pyi Taw (; ), is the capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. It is unusual among Myanmar's cities, as it is an entirely planned city outs ...

was built in KyatPyay which located near

.In February 2006, Pyinmana Township, Takon Township and Lewe Township are 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 new (5) Thiri Townships and expanded to a total of 8 townships. According to the 2008 Constitution, Union Territory was formed with (1) district and (8) townships.On 11 January 2013, Naypyidaw district was divided into two district, Dekkhina and Ottara.

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