Manmaw State
| Manmaw | |||||||
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| State of the Shan States | |||||||
| 1470–1772 | |||||||
Manmaw (Bhamo) in a map of the Toungoo Kingdom | |||||||
| Capital | Bhamo | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Manmaw State established | 1470 | ||||||
• Annexed by the Kingdom of Burma | 1772 | ||||||
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| Today part of | Bhamo District, Myanmar | ||||||
Manmaw, also known as Wanmaw 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.
The state existed until 1772. The main town was Manmaw (Bhamo). The name of the state means 'the village of pots (or potters)' in the Shan language.