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MANG LON

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 572 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MANG LON , a See also:state in the See also:northern Shan states of See also:Burma. It is the See also:chief state of the Wa or Vu tribes, some of whom are See also:head-hunters, and Mang Lon is the only one which as yet has See also:direct relations with the See also:British See also:government. Estimated See also:area, 3000 sq. m.; estimated See also:population, 40,000. The state extends from about 21° 30' to 230 N., or for roo m. along the See also:river See also:Salween. Its width varies greatly, from a mile or even less on either See also:side of the river to perhaps 40 M. at its broadest See also:part near Takut, the See also:capital. It is divided into See also:East and See also:West Mang Lon, the boundary being the Salween. There are no Wa in West Mang Lon. See also:Shans See also:form the chief population, but there are Palaungs, See also:Chinese and Yanglam, besides Lahu. The bulk of the population in East Mang Lon is Wa, but there are many Sham and Lahu. Both portions are very hilly; the only See also:flat See also:land is along the See also:banks of streams in the valleys, and here the Shans are settled. There are prosperous settlements and bazaars at Nawng Hkam and Mong Kao in West Mang Lon. The Wa of Mang Lon have given up head-See also:hunting, and many profess See also:Buddhism.

The capital, Takiit, is perched on a See also:

hill-See also:top 6000 ft. above See also:sea-level. The sawbwa is a Wa, and has See also:control over two sub-states, Mot See also:Hai to the See also:north and Maw Hpa to the See also:south.

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