Shan States

E75189
former administrative division historical region princely states protectorate

The Shan States were a collection of semi-autonomous, traditionally ruled principalities in what is now eastern Myanmar, historically inhabited by the Shan people and later organized as a distinct administrative region under British colonial rule.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Shan States canonical 21
Shan principalities 3
Shan states 2

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
princely states ⓘ
protectorate ⓘ
adminCenter Taunggyi ⓘ
borderedBy Upper Burma ⓘ
surface form: Burma proper

China ⓘ
French Indochina ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
surface form: Siam
capital Taunggyi ⓘ
colonialAdministration Superintendent of the Shan States ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Burma (until 1937) ⓘ
surface form: British Burma
dissolved 1948 ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
opium cultivation ⓘ
teak extraction ⓘ
established 1886 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Shan people ⓘ
event annexation of Upper Burma by the British Empire ⓘ
formation as a separate administrative entity under British rule ⓘ
independence of the Union of Burma ⓘ
formerCapital Ava ⓘ
Mandalay ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
historicalStatus British protectorate ⓘ
tributary states of Burma ⓘ
language Burmese language ⓘ
Shan language ⓘ
laterAdminUnit Federated Shan States ⓘ
locatedIn Southeast Asia ⓘ
eastern Myanmar ⓘ
mainEthnicGroup Tai peoples ⓘ
notableSubunit Taunggyi ⓘ
surface form: Kengtung

Mongmit ⓘ
Mongnai ⓘ
Mongpan ⓘ
North Hsenwi ⓘ
South Hsenwi ⓘ
Yawnghwe ⓘ
partOf Burma (until 1937) ⓘ
surface form: British Burma

Burma (until 1937) ⓘ
surface form: Union of Burma
politicalStructure collection of semi-autonomous principalities ⓘ
religion Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
rulingClassTitle Saopha ⓘ
Sawbwa ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
successor Kachin State ⓘ
Karenni State ⓘ
surface form: Kayah State

Shan State ⓘ
todayPartOf Kachin State ⓘ
Karenni State ⓘ
surface form: Kayah State

Myanmar ⓘ
Shan State ⓘ
treaty Anglo-Siamese agreements on frontier delimitation ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Burma (until 1937) → includedRegion → Shan States ⓘ
Burma Road → passesThrough → Shan States ⓘ
Shan → traditionalPolity → Shan States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shan principalities
Shan → historicalRegion → Shan States ⓘ
Shan people → traditionalPolity → Shan States ⓘ
Shan people → autonomousRegionHistory → Shan States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shan principalities
Kingdom of Ava → enemyState → Shan States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shan states
Toungoo Dynasty → expandedInto → Shan States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shan states
Tai Yai → historicalPolity → Shan States ⓘ
Tai Khün → historicalAffiliation → Shan States ⓘ
Sawbwa → usedIn → Shan States ⓘ
Sawbwa → associatedWithHistoricalEntity → Shan States ⓘ
Saopha → usedIn → Shan States ⓘ
Saopha → region → Shan States ⓘ
Saopha → associatedWith → Shan States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shan principalities
Federated Shan States → containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Shan States ⓘ
Federated Shan States → appliesToJurisdiction → Shan States ⓘ
Federated Shan States → namedAfter → Shan States ⓘ
Anglo-Siamese agreements on frontier delimitation → appliesToTerritory → Shan States ⓘ
North Hsenwi → locatedIn → Shan States ⓘ
Mongmit → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Shan States ⓘ
Mongnai → partOf → Shan States ⓘ
Mongnai → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Shan States ⓘ
Yawnghwe → partOf → Shan States ⓘ
South Hsenwi → locatedIn → Shan States ⓘ
South Hsenwi → partOf → Shan States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shan States under British suzerainty
Mongpan → locatedIn → Shan States ⓘ