Myanmar Other Erotic

This residual category covers Myanmar populations not enumerated in the other composition rows — approximately 1% of the population. Includes Wa (~600,000+, the autonomous Wa Special Region in Shan State, with substantial autonomous-political-administration and de facto independent governance under the United Wa State Army), Kayah / Karenni (Kayah State, distinct from but related to Karen), Naga (Sagaing Region, cross-border with Indian Nagaland Naga populations), Lahu, Akha, Lisu (the Tibeto-Burman highland populations also present in Yunnan, Thailand, Laos), Palaung / Ta'ang, Pa'O, plus other smaller ethnic groups across Myanmar's officially-recognized 135 ethnic groups (the so-called 'national races' framework). The 135 'national races' framework is criticized by ethnic-rights organizations as both arbitrarily-defined and exclusionary (notably excluding the Rohingya).