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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 ...
Wa (Va) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Wa people of Myanmar and China.There are three distinct varieties, sometimes considered separate languages; their names in Ethnologue are Parauk, the majority and standard form; Vo (Zhenkang Wa, 40,000 speakers) and Awa (100,000 speakers), though all may be called Wa, Awa, Va, Vo.
Seattle is 5% Chinese, and 15% Asian. Nearby Bellevue has a larger Chinese and Asian/Asian Indian population, at least 25%. Significant Asian Seattle communities include Chinatown-International District, Beacon Hill and Capitol Hill. Most Asian people live in East King County (Bellevue area). Redmond is the 1st largest Asian percentage.
Wa State [n 1] is a self-governing region [7] [8] in Myanmar (Burma) that has its own political system, administrative divisions and army. [9] [10] [11] While the Wa State government recognises Myanmar's sovereignty over all of its territory, [12] [13] [14] this does not include allegiance to any specific government. [15]
Taishanese; Native to: China, overseas communities particularly in United States and Canada: Region: Sze Yup, the Pearl River Delta; United States: historic Chinese communities in Chinatown, San Francisco, other parts of the San Francisco Bay Area of California such as in the San Jose and Oakland areas, Chinatown, Boston and nearby Quincy, Massachusetts, and New York City, Seattle, Washington ...
The Wa States was the name formerly given to the Wa Land, the natural and historical region inhabited mainly by the Wa people, an ethnic group speaking an Austroasiatic language. The region is located to the northeast of the Shan States of British Burma , in the area of present-day Shan State of northern Myanmar (Burma) and the western zone of ...
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Washington saw a large increase in Chinese population in its territory. According to the U.S. Census in 1870, there were only 234 Chinese in the territory. [10] By 1880, there were around 4,000 Chinese immigrants in Washington territory. [11] Chinese immigrants first started as domestic servants and service workers (cooks, laundry men).