Photo courtesy of Joshua Project.Copyright Kerry Olson
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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 6
Population: 5,004,300
Unreached people groups: 5
UPG population: 4,983,800
Unengaged UPGs: 2
UUPG population: 3,800
Number of countries: 4
Affinity Bloc: Southeast Asian Peoples
Overview: The Shan are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia, mainly inhabiting the Shan and Kachin states of Myanmar and adjacent regions of China and Thailand. Several subgroups of Shan are included in the Shan people cluster. Theravada Buddhism is practiced by most of the Shan people groups.
Peoples within this cluster: Khamti Shan; Phake; Tai Sam; Tai Shan
Countries where they are found: India; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand
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