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Pa'O people
Ethnic group in Myanmar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pa'O (Burmese: ပအိုဝ်းလူမျိုး, IPA: [pəo̰ lùmjóʊ], or တောင်သူ; Shan: ပဢူဝ်း; Eastern Poe Karen: တံင်သူ; S'gaw Karen: တီသူ; also spelt Pa-O or Paoh) are the ethnic minorities living in Myanmar, with a population of roughly 600,000[1]
Quick Facts ပအိုဝ်ႏစွိုးခွိုꩻBurmese: ပအိုဝ်းလူမျိုး, Total population ...
![]() A Pa'O woman near Kalaw, southern Shan State | |
Total population | |
>600,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Myanmar | |
Languages | |
Pa'O, Burmese, Thai, Shan, Karen | |
Religion | |
Theravada Buddhism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Karen people |
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Other names of the Pa-O include PaU, PhyaU, Piao, Taungthu, Taungsu, Tongsu and Kula.