Dekkhinathiri Township ( my, ဒက္ခိဏသီရိမြို့နယ်) is one of

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 ...

's eight

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...

s, located south of

Mandalay Region 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 t ...

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. The township is home to Maravijaya Buddha, the world's largest Buddha marble statue.

History

Dekkhinathiri Township was designated as one of the original townships constituting the new capital region of

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 o ...

on 26 March 2006 by the

Ministry of Home Affairs (Myanmar) The Ministry of Home Affairs ( my, ပြည်ထဲရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန, ''Pyi-dàe-yè-wun-gyì-ta-ná''; abbreviated MOHA) administers Myanmar's internal affairs. The headquarters of the ministry is located in Naypyidaw. ...

(MOHA), comprising 2 wards, 6

village tract A village tract ( my, ကျေးရွာအုပ်စု; also spelt village-tract), also called overvillage, is a fourth-level administrative subdivision of Myanmar's rural townships. As of August 2015, there are 13,602 village tracts in Mya ...

s and 24 villages. It was named Dekkhinathiri Township on 20 January 2011 by the

Ministry of Home Affairs An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

. ''Dekkhinathiri'' is derived from

Pali Pali () is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist ''Pāli Canon'' or '' Tipiṭaka'' as well as the sacred language of '' Theravāda'' Buddh ...

, and literally means "splendor of the south."

Demographics

2014

The

2014 Myanmar Census Fourteen or 14 may refer to: * 14 (number), the natural number following 13 and preceding 15 * one of the years 14 BC, AD 14, 1914, 2014 Music * 14th (band), a British electronic music duo * ''14'' (David Garrett album), 2013 *''14'', an unre ...

reported that Dekkhinathiri Township had a population of 51,328. The

population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ...

was 328.8 people per km². The census reported that the median age was 25.1 years, and 111 males per 100 females. There were 6,997 households; the mean household size was 3.9.

References

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