| Kehsi Mansam (Kyithi Bansan) | |||||||||
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| State of the Shan States | |||||||||
| 1860–1959 | |||||||||
 Kehsi Mansam State in a map of the Shan States | |||||||||
| Capital | Kehsi | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 1,017 km2 (393 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 22,062 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Independent from Hsenwi | 1860 | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last Myoza | 1959 | ||||||||
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Kehsi Mansam (also known as Kehsi Mangam and as Kyithi Bansan) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. Its capital was Kehsi town, located by the Nam Heng River. The state included 378 villages and the population was mostly Shan, but there were also some Palaung people (Yins) in the area[1]