Shan

Shan is Burma's biggest ethnic nationality gathering. As per most gauges ethnic Shan make up 9% of Burma's populace and about portion of the populace in the Shan State. Some littler Shan people group can likewise be found in parts of Mandalay Division, Kachin State, Karen State, and in adjoining areas of China and Thailand. The Shan State is a sloping region covering 160,000 square kilometers in the northeastern piece of the nation. The state is rich in common assets, for example, diamonds, minerals and teakwood SHRF and SWAN, 2012. Other ethnic gatherings possessing the Shan State incorporate Akha, Kachin, Lahu, Palaung, Pa'o and Wa, the vast majority of whom are slope occupants.