Namhsan ( my, နမ့်ဆန်မြို့;
Palaung: Om-yar; ), also spelt Namh San, Namsan, or Nam San, is the capital of
Tawngpeng District
Tawngpeng (''Loi Lung'' in Shan; ''Taungbaing'' in Burmese ) is a district in Burma. The capital of Tawngpeng is at Namhsan.
Tawngpeng is a center for tea production in the Shan States.
History
Tawngpeng State was a Palaung state in the Norther ...
in northern
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ( L ...
of
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
(Burma). The town is a popular starting point for trekking to
Hsipaw.
Besides its
Palaung residents, the town is also populated by
Karen,
Lisu, and
Shan ethnic tribal groups, as well as
Indian and
Chinese residents.
History
During
British rule in Burma
(Burmese)
, conventional_long_name = Colony of Burma
, common_name = Burma
, era = Colonial era
, event_start = First Anglo-Burmese War
, year_start = 1824
, date_start = ...
(Myanmar), Namhsan was the capital of
Tawngpeng State
Tawngpeng (''Loi Lung'' in Shan) was a Shan state in what is today Myanmar. It belonged to the Northern Shan States.
The capital was Namhsan (Om-yar). History
The predecessor state was named Pappatasara. Not much is known about the history of th ...
, a
Palaung substate of the
Shan States
The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called '' muang'' whose rulers bore the title '' saopha'' in British Burma. They were analogous to the princely states of British India.
The term "Shan States" was fi ...
in
British Burma; and the only Palaung kingdom in the former Shan States. The people of the town were predominantly of the Ka-tur (Samlong) tribe. The people of the tribe are often referred to as the Golden Palaung (Shwe Palaung) because of their coloured belts. Historically, they wore silver belts for special occasions, but aluminum has since been used instead.
Their language is called Shwe, a language variant that is only partially intelligible by other
Palaungic language speakers.
"Overview of the Shwe De'ang"
Asiaharvest.org, last accessed 5 October 2010 In Shwe, Namhsan means ''trembling waters'' and the town is thought to be named that way because it is situated on a marsh which gets flooded during heavy rains. During the 1920s and 1930s, the town prospered from the presence of silver mines and the tea grown in the area. The tribe was heavily studied by anthropologist Mrs. Leslie Milne
Mary Lewis Harper Milne known as Mrs. Leslie Milne (1860–1932) was an English anthropologist who traveled extensively and wrote about the ethnic peoples of the Shan State in Northern Burma. Her best known book, ''The Shans at Home'', was an acco ...
.
References
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Populated places in Shan State
Township capitals of Myanmar
Palaung people