Shan State

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Shan State [ʃɑːn ʃæn]

(Placename) an administrative division of E Myanmar: formed in 1947 from the joining of the Federation of Shan States with the Wa States; consists of the Shan plateau crossed by forested mountain ranges reaching over 2100 m (7000 ft.). Pop.: 4 416 000 (1994 est.). Area: 149 743 sq. km (57 816 sq. miles)

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No references found			Prime Minister Thein Sein attended the torching ceremony Saturday in Kokang, a mainly ethnic Chinese region of Shan state, where clashes broke out between the regime and rebels in August, the New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported. Myanmar torches seized drugs: state media by AFP / AFP Asian Edition The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated that 10,000 to 30,000 people have fled to China since the tension flared up on August 8, when the Burmese army raided the home of Peng Jiashen, the Kokang armed leader, in northern Shan state. Burma u the Conflict Will Continue by Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) An estimated 37,000 refugees had streamed across the border into China's Yunnan province in recent days, Chinese officials have said, following days of fighting in Kokang, a mainly ethnic Chinese region of Myanmar's Shan state. Myanmar refugees wary of return by Aljazeera.net			Shamefast shameful shamefully shamefulness shameless shamelessly shamelessness Shamer shamina shaming Shamir shamisen shammer shammes shammy shammy leather Shamo Shamois Shamoying shampoo Shampooer shamrock shamrock pea shamus Shan Shan State shan't shan’t shanachie Shandong shandrydan shandy shandygaff Shandyism Shang Shang dynasty Shangaan Shanghai Shanghai dialect shanghaier Shanghainese Shango Shangri-la shank Shank painter shank's mare shank's pony Shankar Shankaracharya Shankbeer Shanked			shams shams shams shams Shams al-Din Ildiguz Shams Al-Din Iltutmish Shamshurenkov, Leontii Shamshurenkov, Leontii Lukianovich Shamuratova, Aimkhan Shamurin, Evgenii Shamurin, Evgenii Ivanovich shamus shamuses Shamva Mining Centre Shamyl Shan Shan Shan Shan Shan Chin Shan Dzao Shan Human Rights Foundation Shan Ju Yu Shan Ju Yu Shan Nationalities League for Democracy Shan Nationalities People's Liberation Organization Shan people Shan people Shan people Shan Shui Golf & Country Resort Berhad Shan State Shan State Army Shan State Kokang Democratic Party Shan State National Council Shan State, Burma Shan State, Burma Shan States Shan States Shan United Revolutionary Army Shan Upland Shan van vok Shan van vok Shan van vok Shan Women's Action Network Shan Xi Province Shan Xi Province Shan Xi Province Shan yao Shan yao Shan zha Shan Zhu Yu Shan Zhu Yu shan't Shan-hsi Shan-hsi Shan-hsi Shan-si Shan-si Shan-si Shan-tung Shan-tung

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