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	MODiNS [ Myanmar Online Information ]
		Location: Shan State, lying in the eastern sector of the country is situated between latitude 19° 00' and 22° 15' north and 96° 26' and 98° 4 7' east longitudes.
		Pa-O nationals are seen in the south of the State, Kachin and Lisu (Lishaw) in the north, Kokang in Kokang region, Wa (Lwela) in Hopang Township on the east of Thanlwin River and Eikaw (Arkha) and Lahu in Kengtung region.
		Shan State is formed with 54 townships and 193 wards and village-tracts.
	modins.net /MyanmarInfo/state_division/shan.htm (980 words)

	AllRefer.com - Shan State, Burma (Myanmar Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Most of the Shan State is a hilly plateau; there are higher mountains in the north and south.
		Under British rule, the Shan States were ruled by their hereditary chiefs (sawbwas) as feudatories of the British crown.
		Shan State's autonomy was further eroded by increased federalization of the Burmese government in the 1970s.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/ShanStat.html (456 words)

	Shan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Shan dwell mostly on the plains of the Shan Plateau, which is drained by the Salween River.
		The Shan are traditionally wet-rice cultivators, shopkeepers, and artisans.
		It is spoken in Shan State, parts of Yunnan, and Mae Hong Son Province in northwestern Thailand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shan (1196 words)

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		Report on the Shan State Conference 21-22 January 1995 New York, USA The Shan State Association The Shan State Association (USA) was founded on 4 July 1994.
		THe SSA/USA convened the Shan State Conference to enable non-governmental organizations to examine the current situation in the Shan State and together develop a common stra tegy for the future.
		In the SHAN STATE, it is impossible to separate the issu e of human rights from the issue of politics.
	www.ibiblio.org /freeburma/ethnic/shan.txt (970 words)

	Shan News Agency
		Present Shan State was a separate entity up to 1947 when she joined with other states to form the federal Union of Burma, through Panglong Agreement, and to get independence from British colonial rule.
		To remedy the weaknesses in the 1948 Constitution of the Federal Union of Burma, aimed to reflect the Panglong Agreement, the leaders of constituent states gathered at Taunggyi, the capital of Shan State, to amend the constitution of the federal union.
		Shan State could in fact use the right of secession provided in the 1948 constitution chapter 10 Article 202 to secede from the union.
	www.burmatoday.net /shan/politics/030811_charter_shan.htm (2427 words)

	Shan state - eastern Myanmar (Burma)
		Shan state is the largest province of Myanmar, bordering China's Yunnan province to the north and Thailand's Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces to the east.
		There are many river streams; the largest and longest being the Thanlwin (Salween) which enters Shan state from Yunnan province and flows north to south and later goes through Kayah, Kayin and Mon states before draining into the Andaman sea.
		The Mekong river serves as border line between China and Shan state for a short 40km at the eastern tip, and again between Laos (Luang Nam Tha and Bokeo provinces) and Shan state before arriving at the famous golden triangle tip where Laos, Myanmar and Thailand meet.
	www.asterism.info /states/11/index.html (876 words)

	Shan State (Myanmar)
		The Agreement also stated that all member states should have equal status and equal opportunities and that the Shan State and the Karenni State have the right to secede from the Union after a period of ten years, which was the year 1958.
		The Shan State (4,416,000 inhabitants in 1994; 155,801 sq.
		This way several Shan flags were made known to me: Shan national flag; the flag of the Shan State United Army; the flag of the Shan State United Party; and one of another party or army that was unidentified until close to three years or so.
	flagspot.net /flags/mm-shan.html (1320 words)

	Burma Issues - Shan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Shan State is located in the northern part of Burma, bordering China, Laos and Thailand.
		The political and geographical situation of the Shan states changed after the arrivals of the British in the nineteenth century.
		The main livelihood of Shan is in rice, vegetables, soybeans and fruit plantation.
	www.burmaissues.org /En/shan.html (927 words)

	Myanmar: Atrocities in the Shan State - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hundreds of Shan civilians have been killed by SLORC troops during and after the relocation process; from mid June to mid July 1997 alone reliable reports indicate that some 300 people were killed in a series of massacres.
		The population of the Shan State, the largest of the seven ethnic minority states in Myanmar, is approximately 8 million people.
		Shan refugees are finding it increasingly difficult to work in Thailand, but have no other way to survive after their homes and fields have been confiscated by the SPDC.
	web.amnesty.org /library/index/ENGASA160051998 (7477 words)

	Shan meeting opts for 8-state union
		A one-day "conference" organized by the Shan State Army "South" to sound out the aspirations of selected Shans concluded yesterday (12 August) with a unanimous feedback that the people's choice was a federation of 8 equal states, including a Burman state.
		The SSA's answer to the Shan State situation was to establish a single party unity, a contrast to a united front of different parties as advocated by other Shan State groups.
		The Shan State Army "South" is the strongest remaining resistance group in Shan State.
	www.burmatoday.net /shan/politics/030818_8state_shan.htm (379 words)

	Freedom for Shan State - On Patrol with the Shan State Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On May 21, 1958, a group of 39 Shan, frustrated by 10 years of inconclusive negotiations between their leaders and the Rangoon regime, took up arms against government forces at Mong Kyawt in southeastern Shan State, opposite the Chiang Dao region of northern Thailand.
		Its political wing is the Restoration Council of Shan State, consisting of 300 members, drawn from the military and civilian life.
		The overall strength of the army was reinforced in May 2005 by the addition of 1,000-2,000 former soldiers of the Shan State National Army, who joined ranks with the SSA-S under the leadership of Jai Yi, the present SSA-S second-in-command.
	shanstatenews1.googlepages.com /2006071502 (1035 words)

	Shan State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shan State is comprised of 69 townships, including 24 newly-created townships in Special Region 2 (Wa Area).
		The Shans dominated most of Myanmar from the 13th century to the 16th century as rulers of Ava, Sagaing and Pinya kingdoms.
		Under the British colonial administration, first established in 1887, the Shan States were ruled by their hereditary chiefs (Saophas or Chaofa) as feudatories of the British crown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shan_State (568 words)

	Shan State: Taunggyi, Inle, Kalaw, Pindaya
		Shan state is located on the east of Myanmar bordering Thailand, Laos and China.
		Taunggyi is the capital of Shan State and it is the land of the Shans and other national races, namely, Pa-O, Kachin, Padaung, Danu, Wa, Lahu, Kaw, Maingtha, Padaung, Taungyo, Yin, Gon, Kayah, Lishau and Inntha, etc. with their unique cultures.
		Shan state can be reached by air flights from Bagan, Mandalay and Yangon to Heho (a town with an airport close to Inle lake).
	toureast.8k.com /shan/index.html (689 words)

	Shan State - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Generally, the Shans remain committed to the preservation of their distinct ethnic heritage; Shan groups fought for an independent state after Burmese independence.
		Shan rebels signed a cease-fire with the government in 1995, but revoked it 10 years later when Shan leaders were arrested and charged with treason.
		Myanmar exposes four drug cases in Shan state in two months.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-shans1tat.html (639 words)

	Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Shan State is the largest of the seven ethnic states in Burma, with a population of about eight million.
		Other groups living in Shan State are Burman, Lahu, Akha, Palaung, Lisu, Kachin, and Pa'O. The past several years have seen a profound deterioration in the human rights situation throughout central Shan state.
		Recently, SPDC (State peace and Development Council), Burma's military junta, has worsened the situation by moving Wa villagers from their traditional homeland near the Chinese border and relocating them to areas previously occupied by Shan in Southern Shan State.
	home.earthlink.net /~brelief1/shan.html (1189 words)

	rubyland.net, SHAN STATE
		Shan State is located in the northeast of Yangon and east of Mandalay.
		Some of the other interesting towns in the Southern Shan State are Nyaung Shwe, Kalaw, Pindaya, Taunggyi, in the Eastern Shan State are Kyaing Tong(Keng Tung), Tachilek, Mong Lar and in the Northern Shan State are Thibaw, Lashio, Muse.
		It is a trading town in Northern Shan State accessible by road from Mandalay.
	www.rubyland.net /plshan.htm (771 words)

	Southern Shan State
		The Southern Shan State Indigenous Home Mission Society carried on a vigorous evangelistic work among TaungThu, LiSu, Black Karen, Shan and the varied races represented in the TaungGyi commercial community.
		Henderson of TaungGyi called attention to the state of the Shan mission only four men on the field to care for five stations, two of which are vacant while missionaries were on furlough.
		Sowards recommended, in 1954, the establishment of a Shan State Bible Training School in TaungGyi, using the Shan language as the chief medium of instruction but teaching its students to read and speak Burmese in order to make use of the Christian literature in Burmese, which is much more extensive than Shan.
	shan-missions.com /SSS.htm (2273 words)

	[SWAN]Shan Women's Action Network
		We, the Shan Women Action Network, with the Shan Human Rights Foundation jointly released a report, 'Licence to Rape' on June 19, 2002, which reveals how the Burmese military regime is allowing its troops to systematically and on a widespread scale commit rape with impunity to terrorirze and subjugate the ethnic peoples of Shan State.
		In its efforts to refute the contents of the report, the Burmese military regime, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), is now using the presence of UN agencies and international NGOs in Shan State as evidence that these incidences of sexual violence have not occurred.
		We, the Shan Women's Action Network, are not surprised at the Burmese regime's outright denial of their crimes, as this is their usual response.
	www.shanwomen.org /pressroom.html (1741 words)

	Diamond Dragon Travels and Tours - Diamond Dragon - Highlight of Myanmar - Shan & its Environment
		Located high in the Shan Hills at the center of the Golden Triangle, it is one of the country's most remote outposts and probably the most scenic town in the Shan State.
		The capital of northern Shan State is 7 hours drive from Mandalay.It has a population of 150,000.
		Hsipaw was once the center of the Shan State, this town is famous for its Shan Cheiftain's Palace on the road to Lashio.Travelling by train from Mandalay one crosses the Gokhteik Viaduct, a marvel of engineering in its day, spanning the Gohteik Gorge.
	www.ddtourmyanmar.com /introduction/shan.html (646 words)

	Tai Nation
		As the result of the war the SPDC waged against the Shan State Army, the Shan civilians are undergoing inhumane war crimes perpetrated by the SPDC toward them.
		Shan National for Democracy (Japan) and the Tai community in Japan continue their expressions of support for all freedom and pro-democracy groups working for Shan State and Burma and hold many joint meetings with other pro-democracy organisations and with exiled ethnic and Burmese people in Japan.
		The Interim Shan Government made their declaration of independence for Shan State on 17th April 2005 at a press conference in Thailand stating that they had formed an interim government of the Federated Shan States.
	www.tai-nation.org (1102 words)

	Your reliable tour operator in Myanmar, Oriental Comet Travels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		To the west of the river lies the 1000 meter high Shan Plateau, to the east a jumble of north-south mountain ranges and international borders with China, Laos and Thailand.
		Situates in the Eastern Shan State and the capital city of the Golden Triangle Region, is situated about 1,190 Km (about 1 hour 30 minutes' flight) northeast of Yangon.
		Taunggyi is situated in the Southern Shan State and is the capital of Shan State.
	www.orientalcomet.com /shan-state.html (740 words)

	School Funding Proposal For Shan State Internally Displaced People
		Shan State, a Burmese controlled area in Northern Burma, is home to 8 million Shan people and 6 million other ethnic minorities.
		Although the Shan State Army is at war with the military that currently controls Burma, and over 400,000 people have fled into Thailand, Thailand does not recognize them as refugees.
		Officially Thailand claims that since there are many ethnic Shan people who are Thai citizens, "You are like brothers, and are free to come and go as you please." However, many are still arrested and deported, and those that stay work in the fields for substandard wages.
	www.kenzemach.com /school/school.html (674 words)

	Explore-Myanmar Booking conditions
		The Shan state is the biggest state in Myanmar: stretching east from Mandalay and bordered by (south to north) Thailand, Laos and China; it accounts for nearly a quarter of the total area.
		Northeast of Mandalay are the towns of Hspiaw and Lashio on the Shan plateau and in the southeast are the major tourist attractions (Inle Lake and the Pindaya caves), and the road leading into the Golden Triangle region.
		Travelling into the Shan state is for the more adventurous; it has only opened to tourists in recent years and some routes and cities can be closed to tourists.
	www.explore-myanmar.com /TheShanState.asp (1023 words)

	Northern Shan State
		Saya Maung Su was recruited to LaShio in 1968 from ShweLi Valley Shan Baptist Mission as assistant pastor to First Baptist Church and pastor to Shan Fellowship.
		Former LaShio Shan Fellowship pastor was then sent to MuongKut by ShweLi Shan Baptist Mission to be a pastor of MuongKut Shan Baptist Fellowship.
		Kirkpatrick had also established a day school for Shan in the town of NamKham and after waiting a year enjoying the prospect of having a house of his own to live in.
	shan-missions.com /NSS.htm (2724 words)

	Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) — Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.)
		A United Wa State Army (UWSA) official has spurned reports about its troops coming down from its headquarters on the Sino-Burma border to join hands with the Burma Army against the Shan State Army (SSA) South base of Loi Kawwan on the Thai-Burma border.
		Hsipaw is a Shan State approximately the size of Connecticut, lying about four hours drive northeast of Mandalay, along a winding, narrow road that snakes up the Shan Plateau.
		Opium output in northern Shan State has decreased through it has done nothing to reduce the availability or use of drugs there, reports Hawkeye from the border:
	www.shanland.org (517 words)

	Shan Orphan Support - SOS 1000 Orphans Need Your Help (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by war and brutal ethnic-cleansing in Shan State, Burma.
		As a result of war and disease more than 1000 orphans live in IDP refugee camps along the Shan/Thai border and in villages and monasteries scattered across the countryside.
		• Shan Culture and Education Central Committee (SCEC)
	www.shan-orphans.org /index.html (167 words)

	Burma: Army and Proxies Attack Shan Civilians (Human Rights Watch, 27-5-2005)
		Shan civilians live under constant threat of having shells rain down on their heads or being burned out of their villages.
		But the Thai army has publicly stated that Shan asylum seekers will not be allowed to cross the border, while those currently living in Thailand may be pushed back into Burma.
		In this way, Wa special administration areas in Shan State have been created and give both the Burmese army and the UWSA incentives to forcibly relocate the population of entire villages.
	hrw.org /english/docs/2005/05/27/burma11034.htm (711 words)

	IID : Feature Pages : Shan State
		The problems in the agricultural sector are particularly severe in the highlands of Shan State.
		Today, the seven State Agricultural Institutes and ten Agricultural High Schools for basic technical and vocational education, which operate under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, are severely constrained by inadequate budgets and facilities as well as isolation from external knowledge sources.
		The hill communities in Shan State can no longer maintain an adequate living from agriculture because of the current farming systems are unsustainable for their food production and declining productivity.
	www.iid.org /features_shan.php (1009 words)

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