| Maw | |||||||
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| State of the Shan States | |||||||
| 1934 | |||||||
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Shan_States-Map.png) Maw State (in violet) in a map of the Shan States | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 885 km2 (342 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 7,743 | ||||||
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Maw (Burmese: Baw), was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It was the northernmost and the second largest of the states of the Myelat region at the western end of the Shan States.[1]
The capital of the state and residence of the Ngwegunhmu was Myogyi, located on the western slopes of the westernmost range of the Shan Hills. Maw included the valley of the Zawgyi River and the Myelat plateau to the south. Its population was mostly Danu, but there were also Pa-O, Shan and Palaung people in the area.[2]
- ^ "WHKMLA : History of the Shan States". 18 May 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 234.