![]() A Pa'O woman near Kalaw, southern Shan State | |
Total population | |
>1,200,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Myanmar | |
Languages | |
Pa'O, Burmese, Thai, Shan, Karen | |
Religion | |
Theravada Buddhism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Karen people |
The Pa'O (Pa'o Karen: ပအိုဝ်ႏလိုꩻမျိုꩻ) (Burmese: ပအိုဝ်းလူမျိုး, IPA: [pəo̰ lùmjóʊ], or တောင်သူ; Shan: ပဢူဝ်း; Eastern Poe Karen: တံင်သူ; S'gaw Karen: တီသူ; also spelt Pa-O or Paoh) are an ethnic minority living in Myanmar, with a population of roughly 1,200,000 and it is 2.1% of Population in Myanmar.[1]
Other names of the Pa-O include PAOH, PaU, Taungthu, Taungsu, Tongsu and Kula.