Pobbathiri Township

Pobbathiri Township
ပုဗ္ဗသီရိမြို့နယ်
Pobbathiri Township (red) in Zeyathiri District
Coordinates: 19°53′45″N 96°11′24″E / 19.8959°N 96.1899°E / 19.8959; 96.1899
Country Myanmar
TerritoryNaypyidaw Union Territory
DistrictZeyathiri District
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MMT)

Pobbathiri Township (Burmese: ပုဗ္ဗသီရိမြို့နယ်) is one of Naypyidaw Union Territory's eight townships, located south of Mandalay Region in Myanmar.

History

Pobbathiri Township formerly part of Mandalay Division. The township was designated as one of the original townships constituting the new capital region of Naypyidaw on 26 November 2008 by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA).[1]

Pobbathiri is derived from Pali pubbāsiri, and literally means "splendor of the east."[2]

Demographics

2014

Historical population
YearPop.±%
2014 116,491—    

The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Pobbathiri Township had a population of 116,491.[3] The population density was 482.9 people per km2.[3] The census reported that the median age was 26.0 years, and 97 males per 100 females.[3] There were 27,616 households; the mean household size was 4.0.[3]

Ethnic makeup

Ethnic composition of Pobbathiri Township
Ethnic group Percentage
Bamar
99.9%
Others
0.1%
Source: 2019 GAD township report

The Bamar effectively make up the entirety of the township's population.[4]

References

  1. ^ "ပုဗ္ဗသီရိမြို့နယ်ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက်များ" (PDF). General Administration Department. 2017.
  2. ^ Buddhadatta, A. P. (1992-01-01). Concise Pali-English Dictionary. French & European Publications, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-7859-7473-4.
  3. ^ a b c d "Pobbathiri Township Report" (PDF). 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. October 2017.
  4. ^ "ပုဗ္ဗသီရိမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်အလက်များ" [Pobbathiri Township Regional Facts] (PDF). General Administration Department (in Burmese). 2019-09-30. p. 8.