Naypyidaw

Naypyidaw (), also known Nay Pyi Taw or Naypyitaw, is the capital city of Myanmar, also known as Burma.Myoe, Maung Aung. (2006).  "The Road to Naypyita: Making Sense of the Myanmar  Government's Decision to Move Its Capital,"  Asia Research Institute Working Paper Series No. 79 (National University of Singapore); retrieved 2011-12-2. 

Construction in the planned city is on-going.Thein, Cherry.  "National Library collection headed for Nay Pyi Taw,"  Myanmar Times, May 30-June 5, 2011; Oo, Sann.  "Subway plan for Nay Pyi Taw too expensive, says minister," Myanmar Times. September 5-11, 2011; Nikishenkov, Oleg.  "Moscow exports the metro to Myanmar," Rossiyskaya Gazeta (Russia). August 5, 2011; retrieved 2011-12-3.

History
In 2005, the capital of Myanmar was officially moved inland and away from the Gulf of Martaban and the Andaman Sea. "Built to Order: Myanmar’s New Capital Isolates and Insulates Junta," New York Times (US). June 24, 2008; Peck, Grant.   "Myanmar’s Remote Capital Is Still a Work in Progress," New York Times. October 5, 2007; retrieved 2011-12-2.

Geography
The former capital, Yangon (Rangoon), is about 385 kilometers (240 miles) south of the new city. "Junta in the Jungle; Myanmar Shows Off New Capital to the World," Der Spiegel (Germany). March 27, 2007; retrieved 2011-12-2.

The new capital is located between middle mountain range of Bago Yoma and eastern mountain range of Shan Yoma. Naypyidaw covers an area of 7,054.37 square-km."Construction of Myanmar new capital continues," People's Daily (PRC). 24 December 2009; retrieved 2011-12-3.

References

More reading
  "Welcome to Naypyidaw, Madam Secretary; Hillary Clinton visits Myanmar's Potemkin capital,"  Foreign Policy (US). December 1, 2011.
 McElroy, Damien.  "Burma: welcome to Naypyidaw - the home of kings - and the world's weirdest capital city," The Telegraph (UK). 18 November 2011.

Other websites

  Global Security.org, Naypyidaw 
  "Naypyidaw, An Unconventional Capital," 2011 

Category:Cities in Myanmar
Category:National capitals in Asia