The Naga Self-Administered Zone ( my, နာဂကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ ), is a

self-administered zone A self-administered zone is an administrative division, administrative subdivision in Myanmar (Burma). There are five ''self-administered zones'' and one ''self-administered division''. Self-administered zones and self-administered division ...

in the Naga Hills area of

Sagaing Region Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. Its administrative seat is the town of Lahe.

History

The Naga Self-Administered Zone was created under the terms of the

2008 Constitution of Myanmar The Constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (2008) is the third Constitution of Myanmar after 1947 and 1974 constitutions which lost force after military coups. It is part of the seven steps road map announced by then Prime Minist ...

. Its official name was announced by decree on 20 August 2010.''Xinhua'' Staff (21 August 2010
"Myanmar re-designates areas under new constitution ahead of election"
''People's Daily Online'', last accessed 5 October 2010 In August 2016, an outbreak of

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caused the deaths of 44 children. The outbreak may have been caused by a lack of measles vaccinations due to poor health infrastructure.

Government and politics

The Naga Self-Administered Zone is administered by a Leading Body, which consists of at least ten members and includes

Regional Hluttaw Myanmar ( also known as ''Burma'') is divided into twenty-one administrative subdivisions, which include seven states (; ''pyi ne'', ), seven regions (; ''taing detha gyi'', ), five self-administered zones and one self-administered division (Wa ...

(Assembly) members elected from the Zone and members nominated by the Armed Forces. The Leading Body performs both executive and legislative functions and is led by a Chairperson, currently Kay Hsai. The Leading Body has competence in ten areas of policy, including urban and rural development, road construction and maintenance, and public health. Though the region does not lack medical infrastructure, it only had two medical doctors for around 130,000 residents as of May 2020.

Administrative divisions

The zone is made up of the three townships: * Lahe *

Leshi Leshi ( my, လေရှီးမြို့; also spelt Lashi or Layshi), is a town in Naga Hills of Sagaing Division on the north-west frontier of Burma. According to the new 2008 Constitution of the military regime, it will now be grouped to ...

Nanyun Nanyun (, , also spelt Namyun) is a town in the Sagaing Division in Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some Britis ...

Subtownship * Donhee * Htanparkway * Mobaingluk * Pansaung * Sonemara The three townships were previously part of the

Hkamti District Hkamti District or Khamti District (sometimes Naga Hills District) is a district in northern Sagaing Division of Burma (Myanmar). Its administrative center is the town of Singkaling Hkamti. Townships The district consists of the two townships: ...

prior to the creation of the Naga Self-Administered Zone. In 2015, it was proposed that Hkamti and

Homalin Homalin or Hommalinn ( my, ဟုမ္မလင်း မြို့ ) (Shan: ႁုင်းမၢၵ်ႇလၢင်း) is a small town in north-western Burma and capital of the Homalin Township in Hkamti District of the Sagaing Region. The ...

townships be added to the Naga Self-Administered zone. This was welcomed by ethnic Nagas but came against opposition from other ethnic groups in the townships.

Demographics

The zone was created to be self-administered by the

Naga people Nagas are various ethnic groups native to northeastern India and northwestern Myanmar. The groups have similar cultures and traditions, and form the majority of population in the Indian states of Nagaland and Manipur and Naga Self-Administered ...

. Two-thirds of the Naga people in Myanmar are

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and one-third practice

Theravada Buddhism ''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school' ...

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