Mongsit State မိုင်းစိတ်နယ် | |||||||||
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State of the Shan States | |||||||||
17th century–1959 | |||||||||
Möngsit State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map | |||||||||
Capital | Mongsit | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 784.76 km2 (303.00 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 9,013 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• State founded | 17th century | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last Myoza | 1959 | ||||||||
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Mongsit or Möngsit, also known as Maingseik (Burmese: မိုင်းစိတ်) was small state of the Shan States in what is today Burma.[1]
The capital and residence of the Myoza was Mongsit town, located in the northern part of the state and with 1,223 inhabitants according to the 1901 Census of India. The northern half of Mongsit was irrigated by the Nam Teng and the southern by the Nam Pawn.[2]
The rulers of Mongsit bore the title of Myoza.[3]
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