Shan State

E229667

administrative division state of Myanmar

Shan State is a large, ethnically diverse administrative region in eastern Myanmar, bordering China, Laos, and Thailand, known for its hilly terrain and significant autonomy movements.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Shan State canonical	44
Shan State, Myanmar	3
northern Shan State	3
Shan State (Myanmar)	2
Kengtung State	1
Northern Shan State	1
Shan State (modern Myanmar state)	1
Shan State of independent Burma	1
Shan States under independent Burma	1
modern Shan State of Myanmar	1
southern Shan State	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ state of Myanmar ⓘ
bordersCountry	China ⓘ Laos ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
bordersInternalDivision	Bago Region ⓘ Kachin State ⓘ Kayah State ⓘ Mandalay Region ⓘ Sagaing Region ⓘ
capital	Taunggyi ⓘ
containsCity	Hsipaw ⓘ Kalaw ⓘ Taunggyi ⓘ surface form: Kengtung Lashio ⓘ Muse ⓘ Taunggyi ⓘ
containsLake	Inle Lake basin ⓘ surface form: Inle Lake
containsMountainRange	Shan Hills ⓘ
containsTown	Nyaungshwe ⓘ
country	Myanmar ⓘ
ethnicallyDiverse	true ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Akha people ⓘ Bamar ⓘ surface form: Bamar people Chinese ⓘ Intha people ⓘ Kachin people ⓘ Karenni people ⓘ Lahu people ⓘ Pa-O people ⓘ Palaung people ⓘ Shan people ⓘ Wa people ⓘ
governedAs	self-administered zones and divisions ⓘ
hasAutonomyMovements	true ⓘ
historicalStatus	former Shan principalities ⓘ
knownFor	ethnic armed organizations ⓘ opium production ⓘ
largestCity	Taunggyi ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Myanmar ⓘ
majorEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ
majorRiver	Salween River ⓘ Thanlwin River ⓘ
officialLanguage	Burmese ⓘ
partOfRegion	Golden Triangle region ⓘ surface form: Golden Triangle
regionalLanguage	Shan language ⓘ
selfAdministeredZone	Danu Self-Administered Zone ⓘ Kokang Self-Administered Zone ⓘ Pa-O Self-Administered Zone ⓘ Palaung Self-Administered Zone ⓘ Wa Self-Administered Division ⓘ
terrain	hilly ⓘ mountainous ⓘ
timeZone	Myanmar Time ⓘ
touristAttraction	Hsipaw trekking routes ⓘ Inle Lake basin ⓘ surface form: Inle Lake Kalaw trekking routes ⓘ
utcOffset	+06:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2021 Myanmar anti-coup protests → location → Shan State ⓘ

Upper Burma → containsRegion → Shan State ⓘ

Shan → primaryRegion → Shan State ⓘ

Shan States → todayPartOf → Shan State ⓘ

Shan States → successor → Shan State ⓘ

Kachin → region → Shan State ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Shan State

Shan Hills → contains → Shan State ⓘ

Salween River → flowsThrough → Shan State ⓘ

Lashio → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Shan State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Shan State

Lashio → regionServed → Shan State ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Shan State

Golden Triangle region → associatedWith → Shan State ⓘ

Karenni State → borderWith → Shan State ⓘ

Pa’O language → spokenIn → Shan State ⓘ

Pa’O language → region → Shan State ⓘ

Chiang Mai Province → borders → Shan State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shan State, Myanmar

Shan people → primaryRegion → Shan State ⓘ

Waic → region → Shan State ⓘ

Wa language → spokenIn → Shan State ⓘ

Wa language (Austroasiatic) → isSpokenIn → Shan State ⓘ

Sagaing Region → borders → Shan State ⓘ

Lincang → borderProvince → Shan State ⓘ

Mandalay Region → borders → Shan State ⓘ

Pa'O people → primaryRegion → Shan State ⓘ

Tai Yai → primaryRegion → Shan State ⓘ

Tai Yai → inhabits → Shan State ⓘ

Tai Yai → hasAutonomousArea → Shan State ⓘ

Tai Yai → historicalPolity → Shan State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kengtung State

Shan language → primaryRegion → Shan State ⓘ

Shan script → region → Shan State ⓘ

Poy Sang Long festival → notableInRegion → Shan State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shan State, Myanmar

Tai Khün → primaryRegion → Shan State ⓘ

Kachin State → borderWith → Shan State ⓘ

Tai Tham script → usedInRegion → Shan State ⓘ

Thanlwin River → flowsThrough → Shan State ⓘ

Intha Burmese → region → Shan State ⓘ

Intha Burmese → geographicDistribution → Shan State ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Shan State

Nu River → flowsThrough → Shan State ⓘ

Taunggyi → locatedIn → Shan State ⓘ

Sawbwa → governs → Shan State ⓘ

Saopha → governs → Shan State ⓘ

Saopha → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Shan State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shan State (modern Myanmar state)

Federated Shan States → followedBy → Shan State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shan States under independent Burma

North Hsenwi → integratedInto → Shan State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shan State (Myanmar)

North Hsenwi → territoryNowIn → Shan State ⓘ

this entity surface form: modern Shan State of Myanmar

Mongnai → locatedIn → Shan State ⓘ

Yawnghwe → locatedIn → Shan State ⓘ

South Hsenwi → successor → Shan State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shan State (Myanmar)

South Hsenwi → incorporatedInto → Shan State ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shan State of independent Burma