Man Maw, Bhamo | |
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  Man Maw, Bhamo Location in Burma (Myanmar) | |
| Coordinates: 24°33′N97°7′E / 24.550°N 97.117°E Coordinates: 24°33′N97°7′E / 24.550°N 97.117°E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Kachin State |
| District | Bhamo District |
| Township | Bhamo Township |
| Population | |
| • Religions | Buddhism |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (UTC + 6:30) |
Man Maw is a village in Bhamo Township in Bhamo District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma. [1]
Wanmaw (Bhamo) was the name and capital (royal seat) of a relatively major one of the petty Shan (ethnic Tai) principalities, ruled by a saopha (Burmese: sawbwa; Shan-prince of the highest rank), since that state was founded in 1470 until its annexation in 1772 by the Ava-based kingdom of Burma, which had occupied it previously in 1669-1685 and 1767–1770. [2]
The Shan people or Tai Shan or Tai Yai are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia. The Shan live primarily in the Shan State of Burma (Myanmar), but also inhabit parts of Mandalay Region, Kachin State, and Kayin State, and in adjacent regions of China, Laos, Assam and Thailand. Though no reliable census has been taken in Burma since 1935, the Shan are estimated to number 4–6 million, with CIA Factbook giving an estimate of five million spread throughout Myanmar.
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Not to be confused with Bhamo, aka Banmaw
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Wanmaw, Manmaw or Banmaw (Bhamo) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It was an outlying territory, located away from the main Shan State area in present-day Kachin State close to the border with China.
Capital: Myitkyina | ||
| Bhamo District |   | |
| Mohnyin District | ||
| Myitkyina District | ||
| Putao District | ||
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