Möng Sit, also known as Maingseik (Burmese: မိုင်းစိတ်) was small state of the Shan States in what is today Burma.[1]
| Möng Sit မိုင်းစိတ်နယ် | |||||||||
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| State of the Shan States | |||||||||
| 17th century–1959 | |||||||||
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| Möng Sit in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map | |||||||||
| Capital | Möng Sit | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 784.76 km2 (303.00 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 9,013 | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• State founded | 17th century | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last Myoza | 1959 | ||||||||
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History
editThe capital and residence of the Myoza was Möng Sit town, located in the northern part of the state and with 1,223 inhabitants according to the 1901 Census of India. The northern half of Mongsit was irrigated by the Nam Teng and the southern by the Nam Pawn.[2]
Rulers
editReferences
edit- ↑ "WHKMLA : History of the Shan States". 18 May 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 408.
- 1 2 Ben Cahoon (2000). "World Statesmen.org: Shan and Karenni States of Burma". Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ↑ Memoranda On Native States In Indian, 1910. 1910. p. 316.
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