Mawkmai State

Mawkmai (Maukme)
မောက်မယ်နယ်
State of the Shan States
1767–1959

Mawkmai (Mok Mai) in a 19th-century map of the Shan States
CapitalMawkmai
Area 
• 1901
4,487 km2 (1,732 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
29,454
History 
• State founded
1767
• Abdication of the last Saopha
1959
Succeeded by
Shan State
Mae Hong Son Province
Map of the Shan States showing the two trans-Salween districts that were claimed by Thailand in WW II

Mawkmai, also known as Maukme (Burmese: မောက်မယ်), was a Shan State in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States.[1]

  1. ^ dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_242.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 236.]