Self-administered area (Myanmar)
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A self-administered area (Burmese: ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရစီရင်စု)[1] is a type of administrative subdivision in some of the states and regions of Myanmar (Burma). The 2008 Constitution states that a self-administered division (Burmese: ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရတိုင်း) and a self-administered zone (Burmese: ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ) have equal status as self-administered areas.[2] Currently, there are five self-administered zones and one self-administered division.
Description
[edit]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,[3] but the constitution gives them an equal status.[2] 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.[4] The self-administered areas are formed on territory under de facto control of the country's ethnic armed organisations.[5]
Self-administered zones and self-administered division
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| Self-Administered Division | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Flag | Name | Burmese | Capital | Districts | Townships | Population |
| Within Shan State: | |||||||
| 1. | Wa Self-Administered Division | ဝကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရတိုင်း | Hopang | Hopang | Hopang, Mongmao, Panwai, | 558,000 | |
| Metman | Nahpan, Metman, Pangsang (Pankham) | ||||||
| Self-Administered Zones | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Flag | Name | Burmese | Capital | Townships | Population |
| Within Sagaing Region: | ||||||
| 1. |  |
Naga Self-Administered Zone | နာဂကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ | Lahe | Leshi, Lehe, Namyun | 116,828 |
| Within Shan State: | ||||||
| 2. |  |
Danu Self-Administered Zone | ဓနုကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ | Pindaya | Ywangan, Pindaya | 161,835 |
| 3. |  |
Kokang Self-Administered Zone | ကိုးကန့်ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ | Laukkai | Konkyan, Laukkai | 123,733 |
| 4. |  |
Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone | ပလောင်းကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ | Namhsan | Namhsan, Manton | 110,805 |
| 5. |  |
Pa'O Self-Administered Zone | ပအိုဝ့်ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ | Hopong | Hopong, Hshihseng, Pinlaung | 380,427 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Section 10,11,12,15,17,18,40,46,161,193,198,199,226,276,314,322,410,411,412,427, 2008
- 1 2 Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Section 276, 2008,
Being Self-Administered Areas, the Self Administered Division and the Self-Administered Zones are of equal status.
- ↑ "Summary of the Myanmar P-Code version- 9.2 Mar 2020" (PDF). MIMU. Myanmar Information Management Unit. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ↑ Xison, Hamish; Jolene, Cindy; Saw, Kyi Pyar Chit; Lynn, Thet Aung; Arnold, Matthew. "STATE AND REGION GOVERNMENTS IN MYANMAR, Policy Dialogue Brief Series No. 1" (PDF). The Asia Foundation. The Asia Foundation. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ↑ "Asymmetrical Federalism in Myanmar: A Modern Mandala System?" (PDF). Yusof Ishak Institute. ISEAS. Retrieved 4 April 2025.