Wa_Self-Administered_Division

Wa Self-Administered Division

Wa Self-Administered Division

Self-administered division in Shan State, Myanmar


The Wa Self-Administered Division (Burmese: ဝ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်း [wa̰ kòbàɪɰ̃ ʔoʊʔtɕʰoʊʔ kʰwɪ̰ɰ̃ja̰ táɪɰ̃]; Chinese: 佤自治州) is an autonomous self-administered division in Myanmar (Burma). Its official name was announced by decree on 20 August 2010.[3]

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The area was declared by Myanmar's government to be self-administered by the Wa people, but is de facto administered by the self-proclaimed Wa State, under the official name Wa Special Region 2.[4] Hopang and Pan Lon were directly controlled by the Tatmadaw until their transferal to the Wa State in January 2024.[1][5]

Administrative divisions

As stipulated by the 2008 constitution, the administrative region consists of the following townships in Shan State:[6]

Leadership

  • Khun Tun Lu (30 Mar 2011 - 1 Feb 2021)
  • Nyi Nat (2 Feb 2021 - Jan 2024[1])

See also


References

  1. News Bureau of Wa State (佤邦新闻局) (13 January 2024). 佤邦人民政府就户板地区接管工作顺利完成 (in Chinese). “佤邦之音”微信公众号. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024.
  2. "Protected by China, Wa Is Now a de Facto Independent State". The Irrawaddy. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  3. ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ (၂၀၀၈ ခုနှစ်) (in Burmese) [0]=1|2008 Constitution PDF

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