Hsi Hseng or Hsi-hseng ( my, ဆီဆိုင်မြို့) ( blk, ဝေင်ꩻသီႏသဲင်ႏ(ဝေင်ꩻသထွုံႏပေႏ)) is a town in the

Shan State Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ...

of eastern

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 C. Wells, Joh ...

. It is located in Hsi Hseng Township in

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 ...

and lies along National Highway 5. It is connected to Loisawn in the north and Tongkaw in the south. The area is a known producer of

opium Opium (or poppy tears, scientific name: ''Lachryma papaveris'') is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy '' Papaver somniferum''. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which ...

and

methamphetamine Methamphetamine (contracted from ) is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational drug and less commonly as a second-line treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obesity. Methamp ...

; poppy fields and a methamphetamine factory have been reported in Hsi Hseng. Gee Dong was killed near Hsi Hseng in 1974. Hsihseng Lisu

Although sources differ, Hsi Hseng is also considered to be the town where

Pa'O Pa'O may refer to: * Pa'O language, a Karen language of Burma * Pa'O people , native_name_lang = my , image = Pa O Tribe Kalaw Shan Myanmar.jpg , caption = A Pa'O woman near Kalaw, southern Shan State , population = ...

musician Khun Thar Doon was murdered in 1978 by Pa'O communists.

References

External links

Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Taunggyi District Township capitals of Myanmar Hsi Hseng Township {{Shan-geo-stub