The Pa-O National Organisation ( my, ပအိုဝ်း အမျိုးသား အဖွဲ့ချုပ်) is a
Pa-O
, native_name_lang = my
, image = Pa O Tribe Kalaw Shan Myanmar.jpg
, caption = A Pa'O woman near Kalaw, southern Shan State
, population = 1,400,000 (2014 est.)
, popplace = Myanmar, Thailand
, rels ...
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
in
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
(Burma). Its armed wing, the
Pa-O National Army, has between 400 and 700 active personnel.
The PNO administers the
Pa-O Self-Administered Zone, which consists of three townships in southern
Shan State:
Hopong
Hopong ( my, ဟိုပုန်းမြို့(( blk, ဝေင်ꩻဟိုပုံꩻ) is a town in the Shan State of eastern Burma. Hopong is the capital of Pa'O Self-Administered Zone. It is located in Hopong Township in Taunggyi Dis ...
,
Hsi Hseng, and
Pinlaung townships.
The PNO campaigns for the
Pa-O people and promotes agricultural and work programmes across its controlled territory, in additional to building schools and hospitals in the area.
The organisation's armed wing, the Pa-O National Army (PNA), is a close ally of the
Burmese military while PNO itself has close ties to the military-backed
Union Solidarity and Development Party
The Union Solidarity and Development Party ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုကြံ့ခိုင်ရေးနှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးပါတီ; abbr. USDP) is a political party in Myanmar, registered on ...
.
References
Political parties in Myanmar
Paramilitary organisations based in Myanmar
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