Wuntho

Wuntho
Wuntho
Outlying state of the Sagaing Division
Before 1200–2018
	; 1917 map of the Burmese Shan States when Wuntho had already been annexed to the British territories
Area
• (estimate)	6,200 km2 (2,400 sq mi)
Population
• (estimate)	150,000
History
• State founded	year-start = 1892 Event start = Katha District Before 1200
• State merged into katha District	2018
	Succeeded by
wuntho Township

Wuntho (Burmese: ဝန်းသို) or Waing Hso (Shan: ဝဵင်းသိူဝ်) was a native state of Upper Burma when Burma (Myanmar), was under British control. It had an area of around 6,200 square kilometres (2,400 sq mi) with 150,000 inhabitants and lay midway between the Ayeyarwady River and Chindwin Rivers.^[1]

^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wuntho". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 856.

[EB1911-1] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wuntho". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 856.

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