Which country does the Wa nationality belong to?

The Wa State belongs to Myanmar. Wa State, or Myanmar Wa Special Zone 2 or Shan State Second Special Zone, is located in the mountainous area of Wa State, and was once the base of Myanmar's * * * production party.

Wa people enjoy a high degree of autonomy in the northeast of Shan State, Myanmar. Burmese officials call the Wa Autonomous Region "the second special zone of Shan State", but the Wa people call their autonomous region "Wa State" and have been applying to the central government for upgrading to a provincial administrative region at the same level as Shan State.

Historical evolution:

1996, after the Wa United Army defeated Khun Sa Group, it took control of an area on the Thai-Myanmar border that originally belonged to Khun Sa. 1September, 999 19, the Myanmar government classified some areas near the Thai border into Wa State. On June+10, 5438, the Wa people moved southward on a large scale, which was called the southward migration plan, with a planned migration of 654.38 million people (400,000 people).

On 20th11March19th, the Wa government changed the original "Gao Wen County" to "Mengneng County". On June 2008, 65438+1 October1,Longtan Special Zone was changed to Longtan District, which was under the management of Mengmao County.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Wa State