Zabuthiri Township ( my, ဇမ္ဗူသီရိမြို့နယ်) is one of Naypyidaw Union Territory's eight

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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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History

Zabuthiri Township was formed from part 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 ...

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Pyinmana Township Pyinmana Township ( my, ပျဉ်းမနားမြို့နယ်) is one of eight townships of Naypyidaw Union Territory, Myanmar. History Historically, Pyinmana was formerly known as Ningyan (နင်းကြမ်း). Shan traders ...

s. ''Zabuthiri'' is derived from

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, and literally means "splendor of the

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Demographics

2014

The

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reported that Zabuthiri Township had a population of 110,459. The

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was 1,659.4 people per km². The census reported that the median age was 29.3 years, and 87 males per 100 females. There were 26,320 households; the mean household size was 3.5.

References

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