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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.
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 Communist Party of Burma arrived in the Wa region in the late 1960s. [16]: 13 It built alliances with several Wa guerilla leaders in 1969 and incorporated them into its struggle against the Burmese state. [16]: 13 During the Communist Party of Burma era, the Wa region had little internecine warfare and there were few Burmese attacks.
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 ...
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]
Myanmar, also known as Burma, is the most extensive country in mainland Southeast Asia. [1] The country is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, and India on the northwest, with the Bay of Bengal to the southwest.
Administrative divisions of Myanmar; A clickable map of Burma/Myanmar exhibiting its first-level administrative divisions. Category: Unitary state: Location: Republic of the Union of Myanmar: Number: 7 regions 7 states 1 union territory 1 self-administered division 5 self-administered zones (as of 2024) Populations: 286,627 (Kayah State ...
Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) Under control of neutral ethnic minorities Shan State Army - South (RCSS) Shan State Army - North (SSPP) United Wa State Army (UWSA) National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) Zomi Revolutionary Army; Contested ; Stable ...