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During this time, peace initiative proposals by Wa State were rejected by the Myanmar government. [24] The government warned on 27 April 2010 that the WHP program could push Myanmar and Wa State into further conflict. [25] [clarification needed] In 2012, Wa State began a major road construction program to link all townships with asphalt roads.
Mong Pawk (Burmese: မိုင်းပေါက်မြို့, Shan: ဝဵင်းမိူင်းပွၵ်ႉ, Parauk: Meung' Bawg, Chinese: 勐波 [1]) is a city in the de facto independent Wa State of far eastern Myanmar only 10 kilometres from the border with China. It is just south of Pangkham. It is the largest city of Wa State.
Myanmar's government declared the area to be administered by the Wa people, under the official name Wa Special Region 2. Its territory is entirely under the control of the de facto independent Wa State. [4] Hopang and Pan Lon were directly controlled by the Tatmadaw until their transfer to Wa State in January 2024. [1] [5]
In 1989, a mutiny by Wa soldiers within the Communist Party of Burma Armed Forces ejected the Party and resulted in immediate ceasefire with the Myanmar government. [ 16 ] : 13 After the ceasefire, the Myanmar government began to call the region "Shan State Special Region No. 2 (Wa Region)" [ 16 ] : 111–112 ( Parauk : Hak Tiex Baux Nong (2 ...
Pangkham is the de facto capital of Wa State, officially designated the Wa Self-Administered Division, while Hopang is its capital assigned by Myanmar government. It is controlled by the United Wa State Army (UWSA), the military wing of the United Wa State Party (UWSP) formed after the collapse of the Communist Party of Burma (CPB) in 1989.
Constituency maps for State and Regional Hluttaws. Myanmar (also known as Burma) is divided into twenty-one administrative subdivisions, which include seven states (ပြည်နယ်; pyi ne, IPA:), seven regions (တိုင်းဒေသကြီး; taing detha gyi, IPA: [táiɰ̃ dèθa̰ dʑí]), five self-administered zones and one self-administered division (Wa Self-Administered ...
The Wa States in an early 20th century The Imperial Gazetteer of India map.. The Wa people (Wa: Vāx; Burmese: ဝလူမျိုး, [wa̰ lùmjóʊ]; Chinese: 佤 族; pinyin: Wǎzú; Thai: ว้า) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in Northern Myanmar, in the northern part of Shan State and the eastern part of Kachin State, near and along Myanmar's border with China ...
The former Wa members of the CPB then formed the Burma National United Party (BNUP), before agreeing to a merger with several smaller, non-communist Wa groups that were active along the China–Myanmar border, [11] such as the Wa National Council (WNC). [12] The United Wa State Party (UWSP) was subsequently founded on 3 November 1989.