South Hsenwi | |||||||||
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State of the Shan States | |||||||||
1888–1959 | |||||||||
South Hsenwi in a map of the Shan States | |||||||||
Capital | Mongyai | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 2,400 km2 (930 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 67,836 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Hsenwi split into two states | 1888 | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last ruler | 1959 | ||||||||
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South Hsenwi was a Shan state in the Northern Shan States in what is today Burma.[1] The capital was Mongyai town which had a population of about 2000 in the 19th century.
South Hsenwi had an area of 2400 m2 and a population of 67,836 in 1901; its estimated revenue was £4800.[2]