Hsipaw State

Hsipaw State
သီပေါမြို့
ဝဵင်းသီႇပေႃႉ
Mong of the Shan States
16th century–1959

Hsipaw State (beige, near the upper left) in a map of the Shan States
CapitalHsipaw
Area 
8,188 km2 (3,161 sq mi)
Population 
200,000
History 
• Bayinnaung's sovereignty acknowledged
16th century
• Abdication of the last Saopha
1959
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Ava Kingdom
Shan State
Today part ofMyanmar
Hsipaw Palace was built in 1924.
Hsipaw countryside, autumn 2006

Hsipaw (Shan: သီႇပေႃႉ), also known as Thibaw (Burmese: သီပေါနယ်), was a Shan state[1] in what is today Myanmar. Its capital was Hsipaw town. Hsipaw State was perhaps one of the most well known and powerful Shan States.

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Thibaw" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 846–847.