Lawksawk Township ( my, Yatsawk or Yatsauk) is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

Taunggyi District Taunggyi District ( my, တောင်ကြီးခရိုင်) is a district of Shan State in Burma. The principal town and administrative center is Taunggyi. This district has 12 towns and 3001 villages. Popular tourist sites, Inle Lake ...

in the

Shan State Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the Endonym and exonym, endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. ...

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. The principal town is

Lawksawk Lawksawk ( shn, လွၵ်ႉၸွၵ်ႇ), also known as Yatsauk ( my, ရပ်စောက်; also spelt Yatsawk), is a town in Shan State, Myanmar. It is the capital town and administrative center of Lawksawk Township. The town is locat ...

Geography

Lawksawk Township is bounded on the north by the townships of

Nawnghkio Nawnghkio, variously spelt Naunghkio, Naungcho or Nawngcho, is a town in Kyaukme District, in northern Shan State, Burma. It is the principal town and administrative seat of Nawnghkio Township. It is connected to Mandalay, Pyin U Lwin, Kyaukme, ...

, Kyaukme, and

Hsipaw Hsipaw ( shn, သီႇပေႃႉ; Tai Nuea: ᥔᥤᥴ ᥙᥨᥝᥳ), also known as Thibaw ( my, သီပေါ), is the principal town of Hsipaw Township in Shan State, Myanmar on the banks of the Duthawadi River. It is north-east of Mand ...

; on the east by

Mong Kung Mong Kung, Mongkung, Mongkaung or Möngkung ( my, မိုင်းကိုင်) ( shn, မိူင်းၵိုင်) is a town in Shan State some 100 kilometres east of Mandalay. It is the capital of Mong Kung Township, Myanmar. Histo ...

and

Hopong Hopong ( my, ဟိုပုန်းမြို့(( blk, ဝေင်ꩻဟိုပုံꩻ) is a town in the Shan State of eastern Burma. Hopong is the capital of Pa'O Self-Administered Zone. It is located in Hopong Township in Taunggyi Dis ...

; on the south by

Taunggyi Taunggyi ( ; Shan: ; Pa'O: ) is the capital and largest city of Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) and lies on the Thazi-Kyaingtong road at an elevation of , just north of Shwenyaung and Inle Lake within the Myelat region. Taunggyi is the fifth lar ...

Kalaw Kalaw ( my, ကလောမြို့; Shan: ) is a hill town in the Shan State of Myanmar. It is located in Kalaw Township in Taunggyi District. Overview The town was popular with the British during colonial rule. Kalaw is the main setting ...

, and Pingdaya; and on the west by

Ywangan Ywangan Township ( my, ရွာငံမြို့နယ်) is a township located within Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar. It is also part of the Danu Self-Administered Zone The Danu Self-Administered Zone ( my, ဓနု ကိုယ� ...

. It is the northernmost township in the

. Lawksawk is situated in a mountainous region with ranges generally running north and south, divided by broad valleys. Most of the township is within the drainage basins of two rivers, the Zawgyi and the Nam Lang.

History

Saohpas of Lawksawk

Lawksawk has traditionally been ruled by a saohpa (chieftain). The following is a list of the known saohpas of Lawksawk: * Hkun Sam Lik 1791–1811 * On Gaing 1812–1813 * Hkun Shwe Ek 1813–1850 * ''Vacant'' 1850–1854 * Sao Weng (first time) 1854–1881 * ''Occupied by Yawnghwe'' 1881–1886 * Sao Weng (second time) 1886–1887 * Bo Saing (regent) 1887 * Hkun Nu 1887–1900 * Sao Hkun Nsok 1900–1946 * Sao Hkun Hsa 1946–1952

References

Townships of Shan State {{Myanmar-geo-stub