North Hsenwi | |||||||||
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State of the Shan States | |||||||||
1888–1959 | |||||||||
North Hsenwi in a map of the Shan States | |||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 6,330 km2 (2,440 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 118,325 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Hsenwi split into two states | 1888 | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last ruler | 1959 | ||||||||
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North Hsenwi was a Shan state in the Northern Shan States in what is today Burma.[1] The capital was Lashio town which was also the headquarters of the superintendent of the Northern Shan State. North Hsenwi, with an area of 6330 m², had a population in 1901 of 118,325 persons and an estimated revenue of £6000.[2]