Self-administered zone

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::summary Administrative subdivision in Myanmar ::

A self-administered area ({{Langx|my|ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ဒေသ |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. 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. The self-administered areas are formed on territory under de facto control of the country's ethnic armed organisations.

Self-administered zones and self-administered division

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Flag	Name	Burmese	Capital	Region	Population	Area (km2)	Type
[[File:Flag of the Danu people.svg	border	100px]]	Danu Self-Administered Zone	ဓနုကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ	Pindaya	Shan State	url=https://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/Report_Shan_State_Census_Report_MOIP_May2015.pdf
[[File:Flag of Kokang Self-Administered Zone.svg	border	100px]]	Kokang Self-Administered Zone	ကိုးကန့်ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ	Laukkai	Shan State	123,733
[[File:Flag of Naga Self-Administered Zone.png	border	100px]]	Naga Self-Administered Zone	နာဂကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ	Lahe	Sagaing Region	116,828
[[File:Flag of the Palaung people.svg	border	100px]]	Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone	ပလောင်းကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ	Namhsan	Shan State	110,805
[[File:Pa-o nationality flag.svg	border	100px]]	Pa'O Self-Administered Zone	ပအိုဝ့်ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ	Hopong	Shan State	380,427
[[File:Flag_of_Myanmar.svg	border	100px]]	Wa Self-Administered Division	ဝကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရတိုင်း	Hopang	Shan State	558,000
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References

References

1. "Summary of the Myanmar P-Code version- 9.2 Mar 2020". Myanmar Information Management Unit.
2. "STATE AND REGION GOVERNMENTS IN MYANMAR, Policy Dialogue Brief Series No. 1". The Asia Foundation.
3. "Asymmetrical Federalism in Myanmar: A Modern Mandala System?". ISEAS.
4. (May 2015). "Shan State". Ministry of Immigration and Population.
5. (May 2015). "Sagaing Region". Ministry of Immigration and Population.
6. (2024-08-03). "Naga Self-Administered Zone". Wikipedia.

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