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Lashio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (108 words) |
 | The population is made of mostly Bamar (Burmans), Shan and Chinese. |
| Lashio is the largest city in the northern portion of Shan State. |
| Lashio Thein Aung is a famous Burmese singer who derived his name from this city. |
| Lashio - LoveToKnow 1911 (186 words) |
| LASHIO, the headquarters of the superintendent, northern Shan States, Burma, situated in 22° 56' N. and 97° 45' E. at an altitude of 3100 ft., on a low spur overlooking the valley of the Nam Yao. |
| Under Burmese rule Lashio was also the centre of authority for the northern Shan States, but the Burmese post in the valley was close to the Nam Yao, in an old Chinese fortified camp. |
| The Lashio valley was formerly very populous; but a rebellion, started by the sawbwa of Hsenwi, about ten years before the British occupation, ruined it, and it is only slowly approaching the prosperity it formerly enjoyed; pop. |
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