Kyawkku Hsiwan | |||||
State of the Shan States | |||||
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Kyawkku State in a map of the Shan States | |||||
History | |||||
• | Kyawkku Hsiwan state founded | c. 1600 | |||
• | Merged with Poila State | 1922 | |||
Area | |||||
• | 1901 Census of India | 243 km2(94 sq mi) | |||
Population | |||||
• | 1901 Census of India | 4,771 | |||
Density | 19.6 /km2 (50.9 /sq mi) |
Kyawkku (also known as Kyawkku Hsiwan or Kyakku) was a Shan state in the Myelat region of what is today Burma. Its capital was the village of Kyawkku (Myinkyado) which had 344 inhabitants in 1901.
Kyawkku was founded around 1600 CE. It was a tributary of Burma until 1887, when the Shan states submitted to British rule after the fall of the Konbaung dynasty. The state was merged with Poila in 1922.
The title of Kyawkku's rulers was Ngwegunhmu.
Coordinates: 21°48′N 96°55′E / 21.800°N 96.917°E