Mawkmai is a town and capital of
Mawkmai Township
Mawkmai Township is a township of Langkho District in the Shan State of Burma. The principal town is Mawkmai.
The central portion of the township consists of a wide, well-watered plain on which rice is grown. The rest is chiefly mountainous wit ...
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Loilem District
Loilem District is a district of the Shan State in Myanmar. It consists of 9 towns in 2010.
Its capital is Loilem.
Townships
The district contains the following townships:
* Loilem Township
* Nansang Township
*Kunhing Township
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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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Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
. Mawkmai is connected by road to
Loimut in the west and
Langkho in the north-east which connects with the
National Road 45.
It was the historical capital of former
Mawkmai State
Mawkmai, also known as Maukme ( my, မောက်မယ်), was a Shan State in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States.dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_242. ...
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References
Township capitals of Myanmar
Mawkmai Township
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