Editing Wa people (section)

===Thailand===
In recent times some Wa communities from Burma have crossed the border and settled in [[Thailand]], where they have no official status as a [[Hill tribe (Thailand)|Hill Tribe]]. The Wa live mainly in the [[Mae Sai District]] and [[Mae Yao]] subdistrict of [[Chiang Rai Province]], as well as in [[Wiang Pa Pao District]] in southern Chiang Rai Province and [[Chiang Dao District]] in [[Chiang Mai Province]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.joshuaproject.net/peoples.php?peo3=15759 |title=Wa, Parauk |access-date=2014-02-28 |archive-date=2014-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304032813/http://www.joshuaproject.net/peoples.php?peo3=15759 |url-status=live }}</ref> In Thailand the Wa having come recently from Burma are often referred to as '[[Lawa people|Lawa]]', although they do not strictly belong to the latter ethnic subgroup.