Zabuthiri Township () is one of

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's eight

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s, located south of

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History

Zabuthiri Township was formed from part of Mandalay Division's Lewe and Pyinmana Townships. ''Zabuthiri'' is derived from

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, and literally means "splendor of the rose apple."

Demographics

2014

The 2014 Myanmar Census reported that Zabuthiri Township had a population of 110,459. The

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

was 1,659.4 people per km². The census reported that the median age was 29.3 years, and 87 males per 100 females. There were 26,320 households; the mean household size was 3.5.

Ethnic makeup

The

Bamar The Bamar people (Burmese language, Burmese: ဗမာလူမျိုး, ''ba. ma lu myui:'' ) (formerly known as Burmese people or Burmans) are a Sino-Tibetan-speaking ethnic group native to Myanmar (formerly known as Burma). With an esti ...

make up 98% of the township's population.

References

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