Lashio
| Lashio လားရှိုးမြို့ |
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Lashio
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 Lashio
လားရှိုးမြို့ |
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| Coordinates: 22°56′N 97°45′E / 22.933°N 97.750°E | |
| Country |
 Burma
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| Division | Shan State |
| District | Lashio District |
| Township | Lashio Township |
| Elevation | 2,746 ft (836 m) |
| Population (2009 estimate) | |
| • Total | 131,000 |
| • Religions | Buddhism |
| Time zone | MST (UTC+6.30) |
Lashio (Burmese: လားရှိုးမြို့; MLCTS: la: hrui: mrui., IPA: [láʃó mjo̰]; Shan: လႃႈသဵဝ်ႈ) is the largest town in northern Shan State, Myanmar, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north-east of Mandalay. It is situated on a low mountain spur overlooking the valley of the Nam Yao river. Loi Leng, the highest mountain of the Shan Hills, is located 45 km (28 mi) to the south-east of Lashio.
Lashio is the administrative center of Lashio Township and Lashio District; before April 2010, it was also the administrative center of Shan State (North). The population grew from approximately 5000 in 1960 to 88,590 in 1983. It is currently estimated at approximately 130,000.
The population is made up of mostly Shan, Chinese and Burmans.
The British colonial period in this part of the country began in 1887, and the Myanmar Railways line from Mandalay reached Lashio in 1903.
Before British 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.
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