Editing Wa people (section)

===Burma===
[[File:Wa-cicadas5515.JPG|thumb|left|[[Cicada]]s caught by Wa people in order to crush them with chilies in a mixture similar to the Thai ''[[Nam phrik]]'']]
The Wa are one of the 135 [[list of ethnic groups in Myanmar|officially recognized ethnic groups of Myanmar]]. Their proportion to Myanmar's total population is 0.16.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.economonitor.com/analysts/2012/04/25/myanmar-and-chinas-complex-relationship/ |title=Economonitor – Myanmar and China's Complex Relationship |access-date=2012-05-02 |archive-date=2012-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507125125/http://www.economonitor.com/analysts/2012/04/25/myanmar-and-chinas-complex-relationship/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Although little is known about the ancient history of the Wa, they are acknowledged by other dominant ethnic groups in Shan State, such as the Tai Yai, to be the original inhabitants of the area.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

In Burma, the Wa live mostly in small villages near [[Kengtung]] and north and northeastwards close to the Chinese border, as well as a small area east of [[Tachileik]]. The Wa Special Region 2 of the Northern Shan State or [[Wa State]] was formed by the [[United Wa State Army]] (UWSA) and the remains of the former Burmese Communist Party rebel group that collapsed in 1989. The Wa State and the UWSA are in a fragile cease-fire agreement with the Burmese military government.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/wa-03252010115930.html |title=Tensions Rise in Wa Region |access-date=2014-03-27 |archive-date=2021-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117223858/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/wa-03252010115930.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They have been accused by Western governments of involvement in drug trafficking but have banned opium production since 2005 and have received United Nations aid in improving legitimate agriculture.

As stipulated by the 2008 Burmese Constitution, on 20 August 2010 the [[Wa Self-Administered Division]] has been established.<ref name="2008constbur">{{cite web |script-title=my:ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ (၂၀၀၈ ခုနှစ်) |language=my |url=http://www.irrawaddy.org/election/component/filecabinet/?ask=download&cid[0]=1 |trans-title=2008 Constitution PDF |format=PDF |access-date=2021-12-02 |archive-date=2011-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501121420/http://www.irrawaddy.org/election/component/filecabinet/?task=download&cid |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |script-title=my:တိုင်းခုနစ်တိုင်းကို တိုင်းဒေသကြီးများအဖြစ် လည်းကောင်း၊ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်းနှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ ဒေသများ ရုံးစိုက်ရာ မြို့များကို လည်းကောင်း ပြည်ထောင်စုနယ်မြေတွင် ခရိုင်နှင့်မြို့နယ်များကို လည်းကောင်း သတ်မှတ်ကြေညာ |newspaper=[[Weekly Eleven|Weekly Eleven News]] |date=2010-08-20 |url=http://www.news-eleven.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4375:2010-08-20-12-39-51&catid=42:2009-11-10-07-36-59&Itemid=112 |access-date=2010-08-23 |language=my |archive-date=2018-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226114038/https://news-eleven.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=4375%3A2010-08-20-12-39-51&catid=42%3A2009-11-10-07-36-59&Itemid=112 |url-status=live |title=Eleven Media Group Co., Ltd }}</ref> It is set to be administered by the Wa people and its territory is between the gorges of the Mekong and Salween, in the east part of the Shan State, near the border with the Chinese province of Yunnan.