Mawkmai Township is a township

Township

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 of Loilen District

Loilen District

Loilem District is a district of the Shan State in Myanmar. It consists of 9 towns in 2010.-Townships:The district contains the following townships:*Loilen Township*Nansang Township*Kunhing Township*Lai-Hka Township*Kyethi Township*Mong Kung Township...

 in the Shan State

Shan State

Shan State is a state of Burma . Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west. Largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area, Shan State covers 155,800 km², almost a quarter of the total...

 of Burma. The principal town is Mawkmai

Mawkmai

Mawkmai is a town and capital of Mawkmai Township in Loilen District, Shan State, Burma. Mawkmai is connected by road to Loimut in the west and Langkho in the northeast which connects with the National Road 45....

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Mawkmai is one of the former largest states in the eastern division of the southern Shan State

Shan State

Shan State is a state of Burma . Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west. Largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area, Shan State covers 155,800 km², almost a quarter of the total...

s of Burma with an area of 7,215 km². The central portion of the township consists of a wide, well-watered plain

Plain

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 on which rice

Rice

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 is grown. The rest is chiefly hill

Hill

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s in ranges running north and south. Rice is the chief crop, but much tobacco

Tobacco

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 of good quality is grown in the Langko district on the Tang River. There is also a great deal of cattle

Cattle

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-breeding.

Saophas of Mawkmai

• Hsai Kyaw 1800 - 1818
• Awk Hkun 1818 - 1824
• Let To 1824 - 1831
• Hkam U 1831 - 1844
• Ko Lan 1844 - 1867
• Hkum Hmôm I 1867 - 1868
• Ko Lan (second reign) 1868 - 1887
• Hkun Hmôm II 1887 - 1888
• Hkun Noi Kyu Mar 1888 - 1888
• Hkun Hmôm II (second reign) 1888 - 1915
• Hkun Hkaing 1915- c. 1948
• Hkun ? c. 1948-1959