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  Lashio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lashio   (108 words)

  
 Lashio - LoveToKnow 1911
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.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Lashio   (186 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Lashio
Lashio LASHIO [Lashio], town, Shan state, E central Myanmar.
Lashio was famous in World War II as the starting point of the Burma Road.
Taunggyi, the capital, and Lashio are its principal cities.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Lashio   (404 words)

  
 BURMA: Real Magnitude of AIDS Hard to Tell, But Worries Rising
Lashio is a major commercial town in Burma's Shan state.
It is situated on the labyrinth of roads that connect the capital Rangoon, south of the city, to China in the north and India in the west.
Two years ago, 17 percent of pregnant women in Lashio, who were tested voluntarily by the local hospitals, were found to be HIV positive, according to a local health official who wanted to remain anonymous.
www.aegis.com /news/ips/2004/IP040714.html   (1286 words)

  
 Myanmar Vista Tour, Myanmar (Burma)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Lashio is a trading town in Northern Shan State, accessible by road from Mandalay.
From Lashio, the famous Burma Road, built by the British before the War, intersects with Ledo Road leading into the Yunnan Province.
Most people in Lashio are religious Buddhists and you can visit Mansu Pagoda and Vasana year 2500 Pagoda.
www.myanmarvistatour.com /others.htm   (897 words)

  
 Travel To Myanmar .com
The Gokteik Bridge, a structure of steel trestle construction for railway line to Lashio began in 1901 by an American company - the Pennsylvania and Maryland Bridge Construction and completed in 1913.
It is the most important viaduct in Mandalay Lashio rail-road section and the second highest viaduct in the world.
Lashio market is very colourful and actives with morning fresh air.
www.traveltomyanmar.com /lashio.htm   (337 words)

  
 Lashio
Lashio is a town north of Mandalay, heading toward the China border.
Lashio is somewhat grubby; much of the town is new, within the last 30 years.
He is an older fellow who delighted in showing us all around Lashio, and gave us a good rundown on the cultural history and goings-on there.
www.passplanet.com /Myanmar/lashio.htm   (374 words)

  
 Narcotic Drug Eradication Educative Exhibition opened in Tamway
On 10 February 1000, he was sentenced by Lashio Township Court to three years' imprisonment and under Section 15 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law and five years' imprisonment under Section 16 of the law to serve concurrently.
The Lashio Township Court handed down a sentence of three year imprisonment under Section 15 and a sentence of five year imprisonment under Section 16 (C) on the culprit to serve concurrently on 13 January 1999.
Lashio Police Force arrested Zaw Aung, 30 son of U Zaw Nan, Ward 5, Lashio, together with 0.0245 kilos of heroin on 26 November 1998.
www.myanmar-narcotic.net /heroin/new2000/may2000.html   (3642 words)

  
 Myanmar(Burma) Tour , Travel , Visa , Services and Hotel (www.travelmyanmar.com)
Lashio Located at the southern end of the "Burma Road", Lashio is in a mountain basin.
Lashio Lay is the newer and bigger of the two districts.
Lashio Hot Spa is a hot springs about 10 kilometres northeast of Lashio Gyi via Theinni Road.
www.travelmyanmar.com /lashio.html   (332 words)

  
 National solidarity serves as nation
It was attended by local people of wards in Lashio, members of the Union Solidarity and Development Association, Red Cross Society, nurses association, Auxiliary Fire Brigade, War Veterans Organization, Women's Affairs Committee, Maternal and Child Welfare Association, the State flag bearing troupes, band troupes, teachers and students from basic education high schools in Lashio.
She said it is the inborn duty of all the national people to decisively crush the danger to the security and sovereignty.
U Lon Ze, an organizer of No 5 Ward USDA Lashio said, the purpose of assembling here and saluting the State flag is to declare that we are going to respond with our unity and strength to any act of encroachment on the sovereignty of the State.
www.myanmar-information.net /denounce/Jun19.html   (1402 words)

  
 Welcome to mrtv3.net.mm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
We can directly go to Yangon to Lashio by air but our crew is arrived at Mandalay by air and then we proceeded to Lashio by car.
Thibaw is in Kyeikmei District and is also on the Mandalay Lashio Motor road and on the rail.
It is 280 kilometres from Mandalay Lashio is a capital of Northern Shan State.
www.mrtv3.net.mm /pages/mlasho.html   (701 words)

  
 Tour Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Afterward proceed to Hsipaw, a former residential town of Shan Chieftain, known as Sawbwa.
Upon arrival in Lashio, transfer to hotel for overnight.
Am/Pm Sightseeing in Lashio includes market where local hill tribes can be seen, Quan Yin San Chinese Temple, Pyi Lon Chantha (the prosperity for whole country) Pagoda, Chinatown and the beginning of the Old Burma Road.
www.7daystour.com /ToursData/mext5.htm   (216 words)

  
 Burma tour, 3 day tour of Road to Lashio from Mandalay
The road along this route is being upgraded.
Tour Highlights : Lashio Market where local hill tribes can be seen, Quan Yin San Chinese Temple, Pyi Lon Chantha Paya, Chinatown and the beginning of the Burma Road.
Depart Lashio for Hsipaw for visit to the Shan Palace.
www.thaifocus.com /burma/tours/lasio3d.htm   (228 words)

  
 EXOTIC LAND TRAVELS AND TOURS :: Authorized Tour Opreator and Travel Agency Myanmar(Burma)
Kyaukme and Hsipaw are situated on the road to Lashio.
Shan Palace in Hsipaw and the Gokteik Bridge, a structure of steel trestle construction for railway line to Lashio are must to see on the way.
Lashio is trading centre of Northern Shan State at the beginning of the famous Burma Road leading into Yunnan Province of China, Lashio Market is colourful with different nationalities every morning.
www.mandalaymyanmar.net /elemandalay.htm   (1192 words)

  
 rubyland.net, SHAN STATE
The railroad from Mandalay leads to Lashio and that from Thazi goes to Shwe Nyaung.
Muse, a small town on the banks of the Shweli River, is the main border gateway between Myanmar and Yunnan Province (China).
Located 190 km from Lashio, it is a bustling trading centre.
www.rubyland.net /plshan.htm   (771 words)

  
 Myanmar Sights
On the way you can see the Gokteik Viaduct, which is the second highest railway bridge in the world as well as the Bawgyo Pagoda, a very Shan-style Paya from the 14th century, which is close to Hispaw.
Further along the way before we reach Lashio are some Shan villages, which may catch your interest.
We are able to organize trips from Mandalay via Lashio and Mu-Se (close to the Chinese Boarder) to Bamaw and back to Mandalay per boat.
www.uniteam-travel-myanmar.com /lashio.html   (225 words)

  
 612th FAB WWII
Depart Hosi Valley on 10 Feb 45 for march south to Lashio Burma.
The march from Camp Landis to Lashio had been estimated at from 400 to 700 miles.
April 45 612th was air lifted from Lashio to Kunming, China.
hometown.aol.com /randy612th/myhomepage/newsletter.html   (214 words)

  
 Burma Mission - LIFE - June 15 and 22, 1942   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Lashio headquarters is a two-story wooden building with the office and mess on the second floor.
Dawn had not yet began to streak the Lashio hilltops as we set out down the dusty, bumping, twisting road to Maymyo in a rattling, very old Ford.
Copy now had to be sent by hand to Lashio, put on a plane for either Chungking or Calcutta, where it had to be censored first by British or Chinese censors.
cbi-theater.home.comcast.net /mission/life-mission.html   (10018 words)

  
 Journeys Myanmar Highlights Of Myanmar(Lashio)
There is a hot spa near Lashio which is always crowded with local pilgrimages to enjoy the nature warmed both of they believe bathing here will purify body and mind.
Hsipaw is an ancient Shan town, the local capital of a Shan principality of the same name which according to its legendary history goes back to year 58 B.C. It is said to have been founded by Sao Hkun Hkam Saw, the fourth son of the Sawbwa (Saohpa) of Mong Mao named Sao Hkun Lai.
Located 190 km from Lashio, it is a bustling trading center.
www.journeysmyanmar.com /highlights_of_myanmar_lashio.htm   (591 words)

  
 Mizzima News - Specialising in Burma-Related News and Multimedia
Two of Lahsio's most prominent businessmen, Yee Pho and U Htay, have also been arrested after 17 Bureau of Special Investigation and Police Special Brach officers from Rangoon and Mandalay arrived in Lashio this week as part of a country-wide crackdown on illegal border trade.
A source close to Burma's border security services told Mizzima the regional military commander in charge of Lashio had denied responsibility for illegal activities in the area.
More than 100 customs and trade personnel were arrested from the area around Lashio in May on suspicion of corruption.
www.mizzima.com /MizzimaNews/News/2006/June/29-June-2006-43.html   (367 words)

  
 Welcome to 612th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack)
The 612th was the only battalion, inwhich half its men went overseas by way of the Atlantic Ocean, and the other half went by way of the Pacific Ocean.
The 612th had mules at Camp Gruber, Camp Carson, Camp Landis, and to Lashio, Burma.
It is reported that the 612th F.A.Bn.(Pk) hiked (walked with mules) from 400 to 600 miles in their trek from Landis to Lashio.
www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageFullText/1,13476,720545,00.html   (486 words)

  
 Ngapali, Monywa, Pakokku, Hsipaw, Lashio, Muse, Myanmar
From the main tourist places of Myanmar such as Yangon, Bagan, Mandalay, Inle lake you can go day return or two to several days trips to other less travelled but equally interesting spots.
At the end of the trip you may use a boat from Pakokku to Bagan.
Overnight in May Myo (Pyin Oo Lwin), Hsipaw, Lashio.
www.asterism.info /tours/5   (644 words)

  
 Ya Htaik Hotel in Lashio - northern Shan state - Myanmar
Ya Htaik Hotel in Lashio town, northern Shan state.
Coming from Mandalay this could be another night stop after May Myo and Hsipaw (Thi Paw).
Lashio - Thein Ni = 32 miles (51 km)
www.asterism.info /photos/shan_2001/9.html   (182 words)

  
 Burma, Lashio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
I found Daisy, a guide, by the recommendation of a co-worker.
Daisy guided me to Lashio, northeast of Mandalay.
It was an 8 hour drive to this smuggling center between Burma and China.
www.phillipmartin.info /webpage/TRAVEL/asia/text_burma_lashio.htm   (346 words)

  
 Democratic Voice of Burma
On the way from Lashio to Mu-se they stopped for a while at Kutkai.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her entourage arrived Kutkai about 1100 [0430 gmt] where she met and held talks with Kutkai Township NLD members and the local people.
Although Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met only with the township NLD members in Kutkai and Mu-se, she delivered an address to the multitude of people that warmly welcomed her in Lashio.
english.dvb.no /news.php?id=1826   (588 words)

  
 Gracious Myanmar Travel Co., Ltd.
In the morning, visit the local market by the famous horse-drawn carriages (if available) and drive to Lashio (250 km - 6 hours).
On arrival, proceed to Lashio, in a mountain basin at 855 meters, sightseeing around the city including famous Pagoda of MANSU PAYA, PYI LONE CHANTHA PAYA and other pagodas.
Continue Lashio visit in the morning and drive back to Mandalay passing through picturesque forests and terraced paddy fields.
www.myanmartravelagent.com /mandalay_pyinoo.htm   (134 words)

  
 Narcotic Drug Seizures in May
In connection with the case, action was being taken against Saing Aung Shwe, son of U Sam Lu of Kantgaw street, plot No 6, Hsibaw and Ma Nan Shwe Moon, daughter of Aik Sin Khan at the same street under Section of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law by the MPF concerned.
The Lashio No 1 Police Station has filed lawsuits against Kuan Hong Pang, 42, son of U Huan Pi Mao of Ward 5, Lashio; Daw Khuan Mei Xian, 42, daughter of U Myin Ta; and Yan Xi Hai, 36, son of U Yan Luo Chin.
Similarly, on 7 September, a combined team intercepted a Toyota Hilux with number plates 2Ka/ 1948 en route from Lashio to Kengtung near Tapin check point in Kengtung Township and seized 57 blocks of heroin weighing 19 kg hidden in a car.
www.myanmar-narcotic.net /2003drug/sep/2003sep.html   (917 words)

  
 Map of Lashio, Shan State MM by MapQuest
Map of Lashio, Shan State MM by MapQuest
No representation is made or warranty given as to its content.
MapQuest and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any loss or delay resulting from such use.
www.mapquest.com /maps/map.adp?city=Lashio&state=Shan&address=&zip=&country=Myanmar&zoom=5   (35 words)

  
 ’Miracles in Lashio, Burma’ — A testimony
On October 25, I arrived in Lashio, my hometown, which is the capital city of the Northern Shan State in Burma.
One wonderful thing was, every house that kept the statue overnight would have the whole night vigil.
During my three months’ stay in Lashio, I was out every evening with a prayer group sharing the messages of Our Lady of Naju.
www.marys-touch.com /testimonies/burma.htm   (1367 words)

  
 Baron Travel and Tours, Myanmar (Burma)
The 700m long bridge, built in 1900 by the American Pennsylvania Steel Co, spans across a nearly 300m deep abyss.
Please keep in mind that trains in Myanmar are not up to international standard and reliability leaves to be desired.
In case of schedule irregularities, delays or unavailability of seats, the journey will be made by road as per original itinerary.
www.universalbaron.com /tourprogram/burmaraoa.htm   (790 words)

  
 Bob Neale at Rangoon: January 1942
Took off at 1330 for Toungoo but due to high head winds went into Lashio for gas.
Damn glad to see Lashio as I only had about 20 gallons of gas left.
Spent the night in the RAF barracks at Lashio.
www.warbirdforum.com /neale.htm   (1809 words)

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