Wa State

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Wa State is an autonomous, self-administered region in northern Myanmar predominantly inhabited by the Wa ethnic group and governed by the United Wa State Army.

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Wa State canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf autonomous region ⓘ
de facto autonomous region ⓘ
self-administered region ⓘ
area approximately 30,000 square kilometres ⓘ
border China ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
capital Pangkham ⓘ
ceasefireAgreementWith Myanmar government ⓘ
commonLanguage Burmese ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
conflict internal conflict in Myanmar ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
currency Chinese yuan ⓘ
Myanmar kyat ⓘ
deFactoCapital Pangkham ⓘ
deFactoControlBy United Wa State Army ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
border trade with China ⓘ
ethnicGroup Wa people ⓘ
ethnicMajority Wa ⓘ
ethnicMinority Bamar ⓘ
Shan ⓘ
formerCapital Pangsang ⓘ
formerEconomy opium production ⓘ
governingBody United Wa State Army ⓘ
United Wa State Party ⓘ
hasArmedForces United Wa State Army ⓘ
hasDeFactoBorderControl with China ⓘ
hasRoadConnectionTo China ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Wa Hills ⓘ
locatedIn Shan State ⓘ
northern Myanmar ⓘ
militaryWing United Wa State Army ⓘ
notRecognizedAs independent state ⓘ
officialLanguage Wa language ⓘ
partOf Shan State Self-Administered Areas ⓘ
politicalStatus self-administered division under 2008 Myanmar Constitution ⓘ
politicalWing United Wa State Party ⓘ
population hundreds of thousands ⓘ
recognizedBy Myanmar government as Wa Self-Administered Division ⓘ
regionType mountainous region ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
animism ⓘ
timeZone Myanmar Time ⓘ
usesScript Latin alphabet for Wa language ⓘ
UTCOffset +6:30 ⓘ

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Wa language → usedIn → Wa State ⓘ