Wanmaw State
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This article is about one of the former Shan States. For the present-day town, see Man Maw, Bhamo.
Wanmaw, Manmaw or Banmaw (Bhamo) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It was an outlying territory, located away from the main Shan State area in present-day Kachin State close to the border with China.
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Wanmaw State (Bhamo) | |||||||
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State of the Shan States | |||||||
1470–1772 | |||||||
Wanmaw (Bhamo) in a map of the Toungoo Kingdom | |||||||
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• Wanmaw state established | 1470 | ||||||
• Annexed by the Kingdom of Burma | 1772 | ||||||
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Today part of | Bhamo District, Myanmar |
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The state existed until 1772. The main town was Man Maw (Bhamo). The name of the state means 'the village of pots (or potters)' in the Shan language.[1]