| Laihka (Legya) | |||||||||
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| State of the Shan States | |||||||||
| 1505–1959 | |||||||||
 Laihka State (in yellow) in a map of the Shan States | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 3,711 km2 (1,433 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 25,811 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• State founded | 1505 | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last Saopha | 1959 | ||||||||
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Laihka State (Shan: လၢႆးၶႃႈ), also spelt Legya or Lecha (Burmese: လဲချား), was a state in the central division of the Southern Shan States of Burma, with an area of 3,711 square kilometres (1,433 sq mi).
The general character of the state was hilly and broken, with a mean altitude of a little under 3,000 feet (910 m). The main rivers were the Nam Teng, an important tributary of the Salween, and the Nam Pawn. Laihka, located in the plain of the Nam Teng, was the capital where the saopha had his palace (haw).[1] The town of Panglong, where the Panglong Agreement took place, is located close to Laihka.