Federated Shan States

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The Federated Shan States was a British colonial-era administrative unit in what is now Myanmar, formed by grouping several semi-autonomous Shan principalities under a single federation.

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Label Occurrences
Federated Shan States canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administrative unit
federated state
former administrative territorial entity
appliesToJurisdiction Shan States
hereditary Shan chiefs
capital Taunggyi
containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Southern Shan States
surface form: Eastern Shan States

Northern Shan States
Shan States
Southern Shan States
continent Asia
country Burma (until 1937)
surface form: British Burma
economy opium cultivation
rice cultivation
subsistence agriculture
ethnicGroup Bamar
surface form: Bamar people

Shan people
followedBy Shan State
Shan State
surface form: Shan States under independent Burma
hasGovernmentForm federation
indirect rule
hasLegalSystem British colonial law
customary Shan law
hasPart hereditary Shan principalities
semi-autonomous Shan States
historyOfTopic Shan nationalism
colonialism in Burma
languageUsed Burmese language
English language
Shan language
locatedIn Myanmar
surface form: Burma

Myanmar
Southeast Asia
namedAfter Shan States
partOf Burma (until 1937)
surface form: British Burma

British Empire
Frontier Areas of Burma
Myanmar Highlands
surface form: Highlands of Burma
religion Theravada
surface form: Theravada Buddhism

animism
sharesBorderWith Burma (until 1937)
surface form: Burma Proper

China
French Indochina
Hkakabo Razi region
surface form: Kachin Hills

Laos
Thailand
surface form: Siam

Thailand
terrainFeature Shan Plateau
mountainous region

Referenced by (3)

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Shan States laterAdminUnit Federated Shan States
North Hsenwi partOf Federated Shan States
Mongpan partOf Federated Shan States