Shan States

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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.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Shan principalities	1

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 (4)

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

Shan → historicalRegion → Shan States ⓘ

Burma (until 1937) → includedRegion → Shan States ⓘ

Burma Road → passesThrough → Shan States ⓘ

Shan → traditionalPolity → Shan States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shan principalities