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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Naga Self-Administered Zone
|other_name =
|native_name = {{nobold|{{my|နာဂကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ}}}}
|settlement_type = [[Self-administered zone]]
|image_flag = Flag of Naga Self-Administered Zone.png
|image_blank_emblem = Emblem of the Naga Self-Administered Zone.png
|blank_emblem_size = 100px
|blank_emblem_type = Seal
|image_map = Naga SAZ in Sagaing region.svg
|mapsize = 200px
|map_caption = location in Sagaing region
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|pushpin_label_position = bottom
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Myanmar (Burma)
|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Myanmar}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Myanmar|Region]]
|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Sagaing Region}}
|subdivision_type2 = [[Townships of Myanmar|No. of Townships]]
|subdivision_name2 = 3
|seat_type = Capital
|seat = [[Lahe, Myanmar|Lahe]]
|leader_title = Chairperson
|leader_name = Kay Hsai
|established_title =
|established_date =
|area_total_km2 =
|population_as_of = [[2014 Myanmar Census|2014]]
|population_footnotes = <ref name="census-2014">{{cite book|title=Sagaing Region|publisher=Ministry of Immigration and Population|location=Naypyitaw|date=May 2015|series=The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census|volume=3-E|pages=17}}</ref>
|population_total = 116,828
|population_demonym = Naga
|timezone = [[Myanmar Standard Time|MMT]]
|utc_offset = +6.30
|coordinates =
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|website = [https://www.facebook.com/nagaselfzone.gov/ Naga Self-Administered Zone]
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The '''Naga Self-Administered Zone''' ({{lang-my|နာဂကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ}} {{IPA-my|nàɡa̰ kòbàɪɰ̃ ʔoʊʔtɕʰoʊʔ kʰwɪ̰ɰ̃ja̰ dèθa̰|}}), is a [[self-administered zone]] in the [[Naga Hills]] area of [[Sagaing Region]] of [[Myanmar]]. Its administrative seat is the town of [[Lahe, Myanmar|Lahe]].<ref name="PDO" />

==History==
The Naga Self-Administered Zone was created under the terms of the [[2008 Constitution of Myanmar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burmalibrary.org/show.php?cat=1140&lo=d&sl=0|title=Online Burma Library > Main Library > Law and Constitution > Constitutional and parliamentary processes > National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts)|website=www.burmalibrary.org|access-date=24 February 2019}}</ref> Its official name was announced by decree on 20 August 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=တိုင်းခုနစ်တိုင်းကို တိုင်းဒေသကြီးများအဖြစ် လည်းကောင်း၊ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်းနှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ ဒေသများ ရုံးစိုက်ရာ မြို့များကို လည်းကောင်း ပြည်ထောင်စုနယ်မြေတွင် ခရိုင်နှင့်မြို့နယ်များကို လည်းကောင်း သတ်မှတ်ကြေညာ |newspaper=[[Weekly Eleven|Weekly Eleven News]] |date=2010-08-20 |url=http://www.news-eleven.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4375:2010-08-20-12-39-51&catid=42:2009-11-10-07-36-59&Itemid=112 |access-date=2010-08-23 |language=my}}</ref><ref name="PDO">''Xinhua'' Staff (21 August 2010) [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/7112811.html "Myanmar re-designates areas under new constitution ahead of election"] ''People's Daily Online'', last accessed 5 October 2010</ref>

In August 2016, an outbreak of [[measles]] caused the deaths of 44 children.<ref>{{cite web|title=Measles death toll reaches 44 in Naga {{!}} Eleven Myanmar|url=http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/5707|website=www.elevenmyanmar.com|access-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819063408/http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/5707|archive-date=19 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=WHO doctors in Myanmar's Naga areas identify 'mystery disease' – Eastern Mirror|url=http://www.easternmirrornagaland.com/who-doctors-in-myanmars-naga-areas-identify-mystery-disease/|website=www.easternmirrornagaland.com|date=6 August 2016|access-date=8 August 2016}}</ref> The outbreak may have been caused by a lack of measles vaccinations due to poor health infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web|title=Myanmar (02): (SA) fatal, measles conf|url=http://www.promedmail.org/post/4398118|website=www.promedmail.org (Archive Number: 20160806.4398118)|publisher=International Society for Infectious Diseases|access-date=8 August 2016}}</ref>

==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]] (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.<ref>http://www.msco.gov.mm/en/latest-news-news/union-minister-u-kyaw-tint-swe-meets-officials-naga-self-administered-zone</ref> The Leading Body has competence in ten areas of policy, including urban and rural development, road construction and maintenance, and public health.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://frontiermyanmar.net/en/nagaland-a-frontier-for-now|title = Nagaland: A frontier, for now|date = 9 April 2019}}</ref> Though the region does not lack medical infrastructure, it only had two medical doctors for around 130,000 residents as of May 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/specials/myanmar-covid-19/myanmars-remote-naga-saz-two-doctors-130000-residents.html|title=Myanmar's Remote Naga SAZ Has Only Two Doctors for Its 130,000 Residents|author=Lei Lei|work=The Irrawaddy|date=21 May 2020|access-date=19 May 2022}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
[[File:Naga SAZ.svg|thumb|Townships of Naga SAZ]]<br />{{legend|#E31A1C|Lahe}}
{{legend|#0000FF|Layshi}}
{{legend|#33a02c|Nanyun}}
The zone is made up of the three townships:<ref name="2008constbur">{{cite book|title=ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ (၂၀၀၈ ခုနှစ်)|date=2008|url=http://www.amyothahluttaw.gov.mm/?p=32748|language=my|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151119231456/http://www.amyothahluttaw.gov.mm/?p=32748|archive-date=2015-11-19}}</ref>
*[[Lahe Township|Lahe]]
*[[Leshi Township|Leshi]]
*[[Nanyun Township|Nanyun]]

Subtownship
* Donhee
* Htanparkway
* Mobaingluk
* Pansaung
* Sonemara

The three townships were previously part of the [[Hkamti District]] prior to the creation of the Naga Self-Administered Zone.

In 2015, it was proposed that [[Hkamti Township|Hkamti]] and [[Homalin Township|Homalin]] 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.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.mmtimes.com/national-news/12977-naga-zone-expansion-plan-sparks-protests-petitions.html| title = Naga zone expansion plan sparks protests, petitions {{!}} The Myanmar Times| date = 2 February 2015}}</ref>

==Demographics==
The zone was created to be self-administered by the [[Naga people]]. Two-thirds of the Naga people in Myanmar are [[Christianity|Christian]] and one-third practice [[Theravada Buddhism]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Naga tribes of Myanmar - The Boston Globe|website=[[The Boston Globe]]|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/bigpicture/2015/01/16/the-naga-tribes-myanmar/2vat0F9BMYfQs3VbHFPWHO/story.html|access-date=10 August 2016}}</ref>

In total, nearly one million Nagas divided into 10 tribes live in Burma. But the majority of them live outside the Naga Self-Administered Zone (mostly in Western Sagaing Division). Naga Self-Administered Zone is consisted of a total of 270 villages. According to the Census of 2014, the total population within the Zone is 62,766. However, according to the administration of SAZ, the total population as of 2018 is 127,439.<ref>https://meral.edu.mm/record/1387/files/Nu%20Sandar%20Li%20(MDevS%20-%2015).pdf</ref>

In terms of ethnicity, out of a total population of 127,439, the majority are Naga (122,239 or 95.9%). Chin (2,893) and Bamar (2,156) are also present in Naga SAZ. As far as religion is concerned, there are 93,188 Christians (73.1%) and 31,969 Buddhists (25.1%). There is a small population of 2,070 (1.6%) who follow traditional religion, mostly in Lahe.<ref>https://meral.edu.mm/record/1387/files/Nu%20Sandar%20Li%20(MDevS%20-%2015).pdf</ref>

==See also==

*[[Naga people]]
*[[Naga Hills]]
*[[Nagaland]], a Naga majority state in India

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.facebook.com/nagaselfzone.gov/ Naga Self-Administered Zone]

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