Namphan Township, also known as ''Na-hpan'', is a township of the
Wa Self-Administered Division
The Wa Self-Administered Division ( my, ဝ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်း ) is an autonomous self-administered division in Myanmar (Burma). Its official name was announced by decre ...
of
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ...
, formerly and conterminously part of
Matman District. Prior to 2011, it was part of
Hopang District
Hopang District is a district of Shan State, Burma. It is part of the Wa Self-Administered Division
The Wa Self-Administered Division ( my, ဝ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်း ) is a ...
and
Lashio District. Its capital is
Namphan.
Demographics
The total population before 1995 was 48,466 and 37,024 of them were
Wa people
The Wa people ( Wa: Vāx; my, ဝလူမျိုး, ; ; th, ว้า) 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 Myan ...
.
Census
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References
Geography of Shan State
Wa people
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