Pa'O Self-Administered Zone
The Pa'O Self-Administered Zone (Burmese: ပအိုဝ်းကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ [pəʔo̰ kòbàɪɰ̃ ʔoʊʔtɕʰoʊʔ kʰwɪ̰ɰ̃ja̰ dèθa̰]), also abbreviated as Pa'O SAZ, as stipulated by the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar, is a self-administered zone consisting of three townships in Shan State. [2][3]
Pa-O Self-Administered Zone ပအိုဝ်းကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ ပအိုဝ်ႏနမ်းပဲင်ႏအိုပ်ချုတ်ခွင်ꩻလꩻဒေႏသ | |
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Headquarters of the Leading Body | |
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Location in Shan State | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| State | Shan State |
| No. of Townships | 3 |
| Capital | Hopong |
| Elevation | 1,079 m (3,541 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 380,427[1] |
| Demonym | Pa'O |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MMT) |
History edit
Pa'O SAZ's official name was announced by decree on 20 August 2010.[4]
In the wake of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état and ensuing civil war, Pa'O youths, like many throughout the country, formed and joined resistance forces like the Pa-O National Defence Force, in opposition to military rule.[5][6]
On 24 February 2023, fighting began in Pinlaung Township, forcing more than 5,000 villagers to flee, including most villagers from Namneng.[7][8] On 11 March 2023, the village of Namneng became the site of the Pinlaung massacre, during which Myanmar Army troops killed at least 30 civilians, including 3 Buddhist monks.[9]
Government and politics edit
The zone is currently under the de facto control of the Pa-O National Organisation.
Administrative divisions edit
The Zone is divided into three townships:
The three townships are administratively part of Taunggyi District.
References edit
- ^ "2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census" (PDF).
- ^ ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ (၂၀၀၈ ခုနှစ်) (in Burmese). 2008. Archived from the original on 2015-11-19.
- ^ ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ (၂၀၀၈ ခုနှစ်) (in Burmese)
- ^ "တိုင်းခုနစ်တိုင်းကို တိုင်းဒေသကြီးများအဖြစ် လည်းကောင်း၊ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်းနှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ ဒေသများ ရုံးစိုက်ရာ မြို့များကို လည်းကောင်း ပြည်ထောင်စုနယ်မြေတွင် ခရိုင်နှင့်မြို့နယ်များကို လည်းကောင်း သတ်မှတ်ကြေညာ". Weekly Eleven News (in Burmese). 2010-08-20. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ "'They are preparing for war': Forced recruiting by Pa-O militia in Shan". Frontier Myanmar. 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ^ "Junta forces kill 29, including three monks, in southern Shan State". Myanmar NOW. 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ^ "Thousands Displaced as Myanmar Junta Forces Clash With Karenni Resistance". The Irrawaddy. 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-13.
- ^ "Thousands Displaced By Fighting In Panglaung Township". Burma News International. 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ^ "At least 30 civilians killed in southern Shan State". Democratic Voice of Burma. 2023-03-13. Retrieved 2023-03-14.