Myanmar re-designates areas under new constitution ahead of election

The ruling Myanmar State Peace and Development Council has re-designated some seven divisions as region status and some district and townships as union territory as well as some townships as self-administered divisions or self- administered zones under a new state constitution being put into operation ahead of the coming multi-party general election.

According to the notifications of the council released on Saturday, former divisions such as Sagaing, Tanintharyi, Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Yangon and Ayeyawaddy are re-designated as regions, while the capital of Nay Pyi Taw is re-designated as district with some townships in the district -- Zeyathiri, Zabuthiri, Dekkhinathin, Ottarathiri, Pobbathiri, Pyinmana, Lewe and Tatkon to constitute as union territory.

The council also delineates some townships in divisions and states as self-administered divisions or zones respectively such as "Wa" self-administered division and Naga, Danu, Pa-O, Pa Laung and Kokang self-administered zones.

The seats of self-administered division and self-administered zones are designated as that Hopang for Wa self-administered division, Lahe for Naga, Pindaya for Danu, Ho Pong for Pa-O, Namshan for Pa Laung and Laukkai for Kokang self-administered zones respectively.

Source:Xinhua