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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instanceOf autonomous region
de facto autonomous region
self-administered region
area approximately 30,000 square kilometres
border China NERFINISHED
Yunnan Province NERFINISHED
capital Pangkham NERFINISHED
ceasefireAgreementWith Myanmar government NERFINISHED
commonLanguage Burmese
Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
conflict internal conflict in Myanmar
country Myanmar
currency Chinese yuan NERFINISHED
Myanmar kyat NERFINISHED
deFactoCapital Pangkham NERFINISHED
deFactoControlBy United Wa State Army NERFINISHED
economy agriculture
border trade with China
ethnicGroup Wa people NERFINISHED
ethnicMajority Wa NERFINISHED
ethnicMinority Bamar NERFINISHED
Shan NERFINISHED
formerCapital Pangsang NERFINISHED
formerEconomy opium production
governingBody United Wa State Army NERFINISHED
United Wa State Party NERFINISHED
hasArmedForces United Wa State Army NERFINISHED
hasDeFactoBorderControl with China
hasRoadConnectionTo China NERFINISHED
historicalPredecessor Wa Hills NERFINISHED
locatedIn Shan State NERFINISHED
northern Myanmar
militaryWing United Wa State Army NERFINISHED
notRecognizedAs independent state
officialLanguage Wa language NERFINISHED
partOf Shan State Self-Administered Areas NERFINISHED
politicalStatus self-administered division under 2008 Myanmar Constitution
politicalWing United Wa State Party NERFINISHED
population hundreds of thousands
recognizedBy Myanmar government as Wa Self-Administered Division
regionType mountainous region
religion Buddhism
animism
timeZone Myanmar Time NERFINISHED
usesScript Latin alphabet for Wa language
UTCOffset +6:30

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Wa language usedIn Wa State