Kyawkku Hsiwan
State of the Shan States
c. 1600–1922

Kyawkku State in a map of the Shan States
Area 
243 km2 (94 sq mi)
Population 
4,771
History 
• Kyawkku Hsiwan state founded
c. 1600
• Merged with Poila State
1922
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Burma
Shan State

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.

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