- Web Master
- August 19, 2024
The
census (1 to 15 Oct) is conducted to collect data from residents by the
departmental officials and ward administrators. The government and village
administrators have joined the mission.
The
military junta-owned New Light of Myanmar daily reported on 9 October that the
census team is divided into small groups so that accurate data can be collected
quickly.
Rakhine State Prime Minister U Htin Lin visited Maungdaw on 8 October to watch the census works. However, many residents have no idea about the census.
Similarly,
a Aung Bala villager also stated that they have no information about the pilot
census in the villages under Maungdaw township.
The
pilot census covers 20 townships across Myanmar which was initiated after the
military coup.
The
junta is expecting to complete the census by next year so that the electoral
papers can be prepared for the next general polls.
Junta
chief general Min Aung Hlaing informed about the national elections recently at
a meeting held in Naypyidaw.
On
1 October, the military council released the national census report stating
that the country had a population of 56.2 million, whereas the Rakhine
population was 3.4 million.
Earlier,
Myanmar witnessed national censuses 1973, 1983 and 2014, where in 2019 an interim
census was also conducted.