Wa people
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Key facts
- Myanmar shan state kachin state
- 800,000
- China yunnan
- 430,997 (2020 census)
- Thailand chiang rai
- 10,000
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
- Native language
- Wa
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Country
- China
- Population
- 1200000
- Image
- Wa villagers 02.jpg
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- Wa people
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
The Wa States in an early 20th century Imperial Gazetteer of India map
The Wa people (Wa: Vāx; Burmese: ဝလူမျိုး, [wa̰ lùmjóʊ]; Chinese: 佤族; pinyin: Wǎzú; Thai: ว้า Wáa) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in northern Myanmar, in the northern part of Shan State and the eastern part of Kachin State, near and along Myanmar's border with China, as well as in China's Yunnan Province.
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