Mawkmai Township
Township in Shan State, Burma
20°14′N 97°44′E / 20.233°N 97.733°E / 20.233; 97.733Mawkmai Township is a township of Langkho District in the Shan State of Burma. The principal town is Mawkmai.[1][2]
The central portion of the township consists of a wide, well-watered plain on which rice is grown. The rest is chiefly mountainous with ranges running north and south. Rice is the chief crop, but much tobacco of good quality is grown in the Langko district on the Tang River. There is also a great deal of cattle-breeding.[3]
History
Mawkmai State was one of the former large states in the eastern division of the southern Shan States of Burma[3] with an area of 7,215 km².
References
- ^ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
- ^ Bing Maps (Map). Microsoft and Harris Corporation Earthstar Geographics LLC.
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mawkmai" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 918.
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Capital: Taunggyi
Kengtung District |
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Mong Hpayak District |
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Mong Hsat District |
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Tachileik District |
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Kyaukme District |
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Lashio District | |
Laukkaing District | see Kokang Self-Administered Zone |
Mu Se District |
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Hopang District | see Wa Self-Administered Division |
Matman District | see Wa Self-Administered Division |
Mongmit District | |
Kokang Self-Administered Zone |
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Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone1 | |
Wa Self-Administered Division |
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Langkho District |
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Loilen District |
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Taunggyi District |
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Danu Self-Administered Zone | |
Pa-O Self-Administered Zone |
- Taunggyi
- Aungban
- Ayetharyar
- Chinshwehaw
- Hong Pai
- Hopang
- Hopong
- Hseni
- Hsi Hseng
- Hsipaw
- Kalaw
- Kengtung
- Kholam
- Kunhing
- Kunlong
- Kutkai
- Kyaukme
- Kyethi
- Lai-Hka
- Langkho
- Lashio
- Laukkaing
- Lawksawk
- Loilen
- Mabein
- Mantong
- Mawkmai
- Mong Hpayak
- Mong Hsat
- Mong Hsu
- Mong Khet
- Mong Kung
- Mong Nai
- Mong Pan
- Mong Ping
- Mong Ton
- Mong Yang
- Mong Yawng
- Mongko
- Mongmit
- Mongyai
- Muse
- Nanhkan
- Namhsan
- Namtu
- Nansang
- Nawnghkio
- Nyaungshwe
- Panglong
- Pekon
- Pinlaung
- Ponparkyin
- Tachileik
- Tangyan
1 - also part of Kyaukme District; 2 - also part of Hopang District; 3 - also part of Matman District
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