| Hsawnghsup | |||||||||
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| State of British Burma | |||||||||
| c. 15th century–1959 | |||||||||
 Old and new locations of Hsawnghsup (Samjok) headquarters to the east of Manipur in an 1891 British map | |||||||||
| Capital | Thaungdut | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 932 km2 (360 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 7,471 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• State founded | c. 15th century | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last Saopha | 1959 | ||||||||
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Hsawnghsup was one of the outlying Shan princely states in what is today Burma. It was called Somsok (Samjok) in Manipur Chronicles [a] and Thaungthut by the Burmese. [1] The latter name is now applied only to the final headquarters of the state, the seat of its Saopha (Sawbwa) in the 19th century. [2] This town is on bank of the Chindwin River, but the original headquarters was apparently in the Kabaw Valley to the west, near the border with Manipur, and a good part of the state was also in that valley.
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During the British rule in Burma, Hsawnghsup formed an exclave located to the northwest of the rest of the Shan States, within the Upper Chindwin District of British Burma and bound to the west by the princely state of Manipur. Most of the territory of the state was dense forest. [2]
