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Hsipaw State
| Hsipaw State သီပေါမြို့ သီႇပေႃႉ | |||||||||
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| Mong of the Shan States | |||||||||
| 16th century–1959 | |||||||||
 Hsipaw State (beige, near the upper left) in a map of the Shan States | |||||||||
| Capital | Hsipaw | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 8,188 km2 (3,161 sq mi) | |||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
| 200,000 | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Bayinnaung's sovereignty acknowledged | 16th century | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last Saopha | 1959 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Myanmar | ||||||||
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Hsipaw (Shan: သီႇပေႃႉ; Burmese: သီပေါနယ်, Thibaw), also known as Ông Pawng (Shan: ဢုင်းပွင်ႇ; Burmese: အုန်းဘောင်, Onbaung) after an old capital, was a Shan state in what is today Myanmar.[1] Its capital was Hsipaw town. Hsipaw State was perhaps one of the most well known and powerful Shan States.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 846–847.
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