United Wa State Army

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_Wa_State_Army
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf militant
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Shan_State_Army_-_North
gptkb:National_Democratic_Alliance_Army
gptkbp:armed_wing_of gptkb:United_Wa_State_Party
gptkbp:ceasefire_agreement gptkb:Myanmar_government
gptkbp:country gptkb:Myanmar
gptkbp:ethnicGroup gptkb:Wa_people
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_the_United_Wa_State_Army
gptkbp:founded 1989
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Pangsang
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United Wa State Army
gptkbp:ideology gptkb:Wa_nationalism
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Bao_Youxiang
gptkbp:notable_for alleged involvement in drug trafficking
Chinese support
de facto control of Wa State
largest ethnic armed group in Myanmar
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Tatmadaw
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_Wa_State_Party
gptkbp:responsibility gptkb:Wa_State
gptkbp:size 20,000-30,000
gptkbp:website http://www.uwsa.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mong_Pawk
gptkb:Wa_Self-Administered_Division
gptkb:Kachin_Independence_Army
gptkb:Ethnic_Armed_Organizations
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6