Mawkmai Township

Mawkmai Township

Mawkmai Township is a township of Loilen District in the Shan State of Burma. The principal town is Mawkmai.

Mawkmai is one of the former largest states in the eastern division of the southern Shan States of Burma with an area of 7,215 km². The central portion of the township consists of a wide, well-watered plain on which rice is grown. The rest is chiefly hills in ranges running north and south. Rice is the chief crop, but much tobacco of good quality is grown in the Langko district on the Tang River. There is also a great deal of cattle-breeding.


Saophas of Mawkmai

  • Hsai Kyaw 1800 - 1818
  • Awk Hkun 1818 - 1824
  • Let To 1824 - 1831
  • Hkam U 1831 - 1844
  • Ko Lan 1844 - 1867
  • Hkum Hmôm I 1867 - 1868
  • Ko Lan (second reign) 1868 - 1887
  • Hkun Hmôm II 1887 - 1888
  • Hkun Noi Kyu Mar 1888 - 1888
  • Hkun Hmôm II (second reign) 1888 - 1915
  • Hkun Hkaing 1915- c. 1948
  • Hkun ? c. 1948-1959

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 


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