Wa Self-Administered Division Explained

Wa Self-Administered Division
Settlement Type:Self-administered division
Mapsize:200px
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Myanmar (Burma)
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Myanmar
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Shan State
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Hopang
Leader Title:Chairman of the Leading Body
Leader Name:vacant
Established Title:Created
Established Date:20 August 2010
Established Title1:De facto ceased
Established Date1:January 2024
Population Demonym:Wa
Population Total:558,000
Timezone:MMT
Utc Offset:+6:30
Coordinates:22.1667°N 99.1667°W
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:524

The Wa Self-Administered Division (Burmese: ဝ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်း in Burmese pronounced as /wa̰ kòbàɪɰ̃ ʔoʊʔtɕʰoʊʔ kʰwɪ̰ɰ̃ja̰ táɪɰ̃/; Chinese: 佤自治州, Wa Tzŭ-chih-chou) is a former De facto autonomous self-administered division in Myanmar (Burma). Its official name was announced by decree on 20 August 2010.[2]

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.[3] Hopang and Pan Lon were directly controlled by the Tatmadaw until their transferal to the Wa State in January 2024.[4] [5]

Administrative divisions

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

Notes and References

  1. [GoogleEarth]
  2. News: တိုင်းခုနစ်တိုင်းကို တိုင်းဒေသကြီးများအဖြစ် လည်းကောင်း၊ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်းနှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ ဒေသများ ရုံးစိုက်ရာ မြို့များကို လည်းကောင်း ပြည်ထောင်စုနယ်မြေတွင် ခရိုင်နှင့်မြို့နယ်များကို လည်းကောင်း သတ်မှတ်ကြေညာ . . 20 August 2010 . 23 August 2010 . my .
  3. News: Protected by China, Wa Is Now a de Facto Independent State . 1 October 2019 . The Irrawaddy . 23 April 2019.
  4. News: zh:佤邦人民政府就户板地区接管工作顺利完成 . zh . https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?src=11&timestamp=1705723173&ver=5029&signature=99mcJt4RZwkf7ZuLl%2AOHSikicGRTPpq70OvCqwzzAf70AlXX3PDgBHALHclx6Rp0ypKI38-LIsjT3QBIs5R2QvojyKmuYQYW%2A26OP2BiIKCLKKzt4%2AMNECGBvwbodWer&new=1 . News Bureau of Wa State (佤邦新闻局) . “佤邦之音”微信公众号 . 2024-01-13 . 2024-01-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240120040319/https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?src=11&timestamp=1705723173&ver=5029&signature=99mcJt4RZwkf7ZuLl%2AOHSikicGRTPpq70OvCqwzzAf70AlXX3PDgBHALHclx6Rp0ypKI38-LIsjT3QBIs5R2QvojyKmuYQYW%2A26OP2BiIKCLKKzt4%2AMNECGBvwbodWer&new=1 . live .
  5. News: Myanmar Military Bows to Powerful Ethnic Army, Gives it More Towns Near China Border. 15 January 2024. The Irrawaddy. 20 January 2024.
  6. (in Burmese) Constitution PDF

    Leadership

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

    See also

    References