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Myanmar burma 2013 beautiful town hsipaw lashio shan state
Hsipaw (Burmese: သီပေါ; Shan: သီႇပေႃႉ; also known as Thibaw), is the principal town of Hsipaw Township in Shan State, Myanmar on the banks of the Duthawadi River. It is 200 km (124 mi) north-east of Mandalay.
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- Myanmar burma 2013 beautiful town hsipaw lashio shan state
- Map of Hsipaw Myanmar Burma
- Myanmar train travel pyin oo lwin to hsipaw part 19
- Shan Saopha
- Princes of Hsipaw
- References
Map of Hsipaw, Myanmar (Burma)
Myanmar train travel pyin oo lwin to hsipaw part 19
Shan Saopha
Hsipaw State was perhaps one of the most well known and powerful saopha Shan States. According to the biography of Sao Nang Hearn Hkam (the chief wife, Madhidevi of Sao Shwe Thaik, the first president of Myanmar and another saopha of Hsenwi), Hsipaw, along with Kengtung and Yawnghwe were the wealthiest and most powerful saopha states in Shan State.
The Saophas played fluctuating roles in regional Shan and national Burmese politics from the 11th century all the way until the 1962 military coup by General Ne Win.
Hsipaw is famous for the Bowgoy Pagoda, situated in Bowgoy Village about 6 miles far from Hsipaw.