Lawksawk State

Lawksawk, also known as Yatsawk (Burmese: ရပ်စောက်)[1] was a Shan state in what is today Burma.

[2] It was located north of Myelat and belonged to the Central Division of the Southern Shan States.

The state included 397 villages and the population was mostly Shan, but there were also Danu, Pa-O and Palaung people in the area.

According to tradition a predecessor state named Rathawadi had existed previously in the area.

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