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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Pa-O Self-Administered Zone
| other_name         =
| native_name        = {{nobold|{{lang|my|ပအိုဝ်းကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ}}}}<br /> {{nobold|{{blk|ပအိုဝ်ႏနမ်းပဲင်ႏအိုပ်ချုတ်ခွင်ꩻလꩻဒေႏသ}}}}
| settlement_type    = [[Self-administered zone]]
| image_skyline      = Pa'O SAZ Leading Team Headquarters.jpg
| image_caption      = Headquarters of the Leading Body
| image_flag         = Flag of the Pa-O National Organisation.svg
| image_map          = Pa'O SAZ district in Shan state.svg
| map_caption        = Location in Shan State
| mapsize            = 200px
| pushpin_map        =
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Myanmar
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Myanmar}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Administrative divisions of Myanmar|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Shan State]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Townships of Myanmar|No. of Townships]]
| subdivision_name2  = 3
| seat_type          = Capital
| seat               = [[Hopong]]
| leader_title       =
| leader_name        =
| established_title  =
| established_date   =
| area_total_km2     = 8386
| population_demonym = Pa'O
| population_as_of   = 2008
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census |url=https://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/Report_Shan_State_Census_Report_MOIP_May2015.pdf}}</ref>
| population_total   = 380427
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone           = [[Myanmar Standard Time|MMT]]
| utc_offset         = +6.30
| coordinates        =
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| elevation_ft       = 3541
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The '''Pa'O Self-Administered Zone''' ({{langx|my|ပအိုဝ်းကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရဒေသ}} {{IPA-my|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]]. <ref name="2008constbur">{{cite book|title=ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ (၂၀၀၈ ခုနှစ်)|date=2008|url=http://www.amyothahluttaw.gov.mm/?p=32748|language=my|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20151119231456/http://www.amyothahluttaw.gov.mm/?p=32748|archive-date=2015-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{lang|my|ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ (၂၀၀၈ ခုနှစ်)}} (in Burmese)</ref>
== History ==
Pa'O SAZ's official name was announced by decree on 20 August 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=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}}</ref>
In the wake of the [[2021 Myanmar coup d'état]] and ensuing [[Myanmar civil war (2021–present)|civil war]], [[Pa'O people|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.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-02-28 |title=‘They are preparing for war’: Forced recruiting by Pa-O militia in Shan |url=https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/they-are-preparing-for-war-forced-recruiting-by-pa-o-militia-in-shan/ |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=Frontier Myanmar |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-13 |title=Junta forces kill 29, including three monks, in southern Shan State |url=https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/junta-forces-kill-29-including-three-monks-in-southern-shan-state |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Myanmar NOW |language=en}}</ref>
On 24 February 2023, fighting began in Pinlaung Township, forcing more than 5,000 villagers to flee, including most villagers from Namneng.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-03-09 |title=Thousands Displaced as Myanmar Junta Forces Clash With Karenni Resistance |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/thousands-displaced-as-myanmar-junta-forces-clash-with-karenni-resistance.html |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=The Irrawaddy |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-07 |title=Thousands Displaced By Fighting In Panglaung Township |url=https://www.bnionline.net/en/news/thousands-displaced-fighting-panglaung-township |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Burma News International |language=en}}</ref> 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 monk|Buddhist monks]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-13 |title=At least 30 civilians killed in southern Shan State |url=https://english.dvb.no/at-least-30-civilians-killed-in-southern-shan-state/ |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Democratic Voice of Burma |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Government and politics==
The zone is currently under the ''de facto'' control of the [[Pa-O National Organisation]].
[[File:Pa'O SAZ Leading Team Headquarters 2.jpg|thumb|Headquarters of the Leading Body at [[Hopong]]]]
==Administrative divisions==
The Zone is divided into three townships:
[[File:Pa'O SAZ.svg|thumb|townships of Pa'O SAZ]]<br>{{legend|#E31A1C|[[Hsi Hseng Township]]}}
{{legend|#0000FF|[[Hopong Township]]}}
{{legend|#33a02c|[[Pinlaung Township]]}}
The three townships are administratively part of [[Taunggyi District]].
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Administrative divisions of Burma (Myanmar)}}
{{Shan State}}
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[[Category:Self-administered zones of Myanmar]]
[[Category:Subdivisions of Myanmar]]