Back شعب بالاونج Arabic شعب بالاونج ARZ Палаунг Byelorussian ཏེ་ཨང་མི། Tibetan Palaungs Catalan Dáik-ngòng-cŭk CDO De’ang German De'ang Spanish Palaung etnia Basque De’angit Finnish
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 A Ta'ang tribal woman near Kalaw, Shan State, Burma | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 557,000 (est.) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Burma, smaller populations in Yunnan, China and Thailand | |
| Languages | |
| Ta'ang | |
| Religion | |
| Theravada Buddhism |
The Palaung (Burmese: ပလောင် လူမျိုး [pəlàʊɰ̃ lùmjó]; Thai: ปะหล่อง, also written as Benglong Palong) or Ta'ang are an Austroasiatic ethnic minority found in Shan State of Burma, Yunnan Province of China and Northern Thailand. In China, they are referred to as the De'ang (Chinese: 德昂族; pinyin: Déángzú also spelt Deang) people.
They live mainly in the northern parts of Shan State in the Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone, with the capital at Namhsan.
The Ta'ang (Palaung) State Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Palaung ethnic group, began fighting against the Burmese military in 1963. It entered a cease-fire agreement with the central government in April 1991, but is currently continuing the insurgency.[1] Both the government and the rebel armies have derived benefit from poppy cultivation, which has caused serious drug addiction among the local people.[2]
- ^ "Ta'ang army suspends talks with govt as clashes continue". DVB. 27 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-08-03. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
- ^ "Turning a new leaf? Ethnic rebels along Myanmar's rugged frontier help eradicate poppy fields". Fox News. Associated Press. 12 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
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