Kyawkku State

This article is about the former state. For the town, see Kyawkku.
Kyawkku Hsiwan
State of the Shan States

c. 1600–1922
Kyawkku State in a map of the Shan States
History
  Kyawkku Hsiwan state founded c. 1600
  Merged with Poila State 1922
Area
  1901 Census of India 243 km2 (94 sq mi)
Population
  1901 Census of India 4,771 
Density 19.6 /km2  (50.9 /sq mi)

Kyawkku (also known as Kyawkku Hsiwan or Kyakku) was a Shan state in the Myelat region of what is today Burma. Its capital was the village of Kyawkku (Myinkyado) which had 344 inhabitants in 1901.

History

Kyawkku was founded around 1600 CE. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the Shan states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty. The state was merged with Poila in 1922.[1]

Rulers

The title of Kyawkku's rulers was Ngwegunhmu.[2]

References

  1. "WHKMLA : History of the Shan States". 18 May 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  2. Ben Cahoon (2000). "World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma". Retrieved 14 May 2016.

Coordinates: 21°48′N 96°55′E / 21.800°N 96.917°E / 21.800; 96.917


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