Mang Lön
| Mang Lön | |||||||||
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| Princely State of the Shan States | |||||||||
| 1814–1959 | |||||||||
Mang Lön and the Wa States in a map of the Shan States | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1911 | 7,700 km2 (3,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1911 | 40,000 | ||||||||
| Historical era | British Raj | ||||||||
• Mang Lön becomes tributary to Hsenwi State | 1814 | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last Saopha | 1959 | ||||||||
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Mang Lön or Mang Lün was a Shan-Wa state in what is now Myanmar (Burma). It is a mountainous territory, including the valleys of the Salween and its tributary the Nam Hka. It had an approximate area of 7770 km2 and its estimated population in 1911 was 40,000.
Mang Lön extended from about 21° 30′ to 23° N., or for 100 miles, along the river Salween, which divided the state into East and West Mang Lön. The inhabitants of East Mang Lön were mostly Wa, while the inhabitants of West Mang Lön were mostly Shan.