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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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