Wuntho
| Wuntho | |||||||
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| Outlying state of the Sagaing Division | |||||||
| c. 1800s–1892 | |||||||
1917 map of the Burmese Shan States when Wuntho had already been annexed to the British territories | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• (estimate) | 6,200 km2 (2,400 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• (estimate) | 150,000 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• State founded | c. 1800s | ||||||
• State merged into Katha District | 1892 | ||||||
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Wuntho (Burmese: ဝန်းသို), also known as Wying Hsö (Shan: ဝဵင်းသိူဝ်), was a Shan state in Upper Burma. It had an area of around 6,200 square kilometres (2,400 sq mi) with 150,000 inhabitants and lay midway between the Ayeyarwady River and Chindwin Rivers.