Wuntho facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Wuntho
Outlying state of the Sagaing Division
Before 1200–2018 →
1917 map of the Burmese Shan States when Wuntho had already been annexed to the British territories
History
-	State founded	year-start = 1892 Event start = Katha District
-	State merged into katha District	2018
Area
-	(estimate)	6,200 km2 (2,394 sq mi)
Population
-	(estimate)	150,000
	Density	24.2 /km2  (62.7 /sq mi)

Family of the Saopha of Wuntho.

Wuntho (Burmese: ဝန်းသို) or Waing Hso (Shan: ဝဵင်းသိူဝ်) was a native state of Upper Burma when Burma (Myanmar), was under British control. It had an area of around 6,200 square kilometres (2,400 sq mi) with 150,000 inhabitants and lay midway between the Ayeyarwady River and Chindwin Rivers.

History

Wuntho state was founded before 1200. In 1885 the British annexed Upper Burma and established their rule in the region. Wuntho rebelled in 1891 but the British quelled the uprising. As a consequence a force of 1,800 British soldiers under General Sir George Wolseley occupied the town of Wuntho. In 1892 the state was formally annexed by the British and incorporated into the District of Katha. In 22,December 2018, Wuntho was incorporated into Kawlin District along with Kawlin and Pinlebu. It was classed by the Burmese as a Shan state, but was never on the same footing as the Shan states to the east.

Rulers

The rulers of Wuntho bore the title Saopha

Saophas:

• 941–955 Sao Hon Hpa
• 955–?? Paung Hpa
• 1382–1384 Paung Kiao
• 1384–1414 Paung Hkam
• 1414–1434 Hso Hkloung Hpa
• 1434–1465 Saw Nyi
• 1465–1481 Hso Wen Hpa
• 1481–1504 Hso Pad Hpa
• 1504–1534 Hso Hkam Hpa
• 1534–1558 Hso Loum Hpa
• 1558–1583 Sao Xiao Hpa
• 1583–1592 Hso Pope Hpa from Kyawkku Hsiwan (Kyaukku, Myinkyadu)
• 1592–1599 Hso Yen Hpa
• 1599–1619 Tein-nyin-sa Saing Hkan
• 1619–16?? Thakin Kaw Nyo
• 16??–1647 Sao Inn Möng
• 1647–1671 Hso Kyen Hpa (come from Mongsit)
• 1671–1697 Kye Möng U Kyaung (Son of Hso Kyen Hpa)
• 1697–1697 Maung Kyin Baw
• 1697–1702 Maung Sun
• 1702–1714 Kyaung Pyn
• 1714–1736 Mei Kiao (Son of Kye Möng U Kyaung)
• 1736–1751 Vacant
• 1751–1756 Talaings
• 1756–1778 Okka Nara (Brother of Mei Kiao)
• 1778–1796 Hso Tin Hpa
• 1796–1798 Town San Hkam (Brother of Sao Tim Hpa)
• 1798–1827 Maung Tha Ywe (administrator to 1802)
• 1827–1830 Sao Möng Hkam 1st
• 1830–1833 Sao Möng Nwe
• 1833–1849 Sao Kyaung Hkam
• 1849–1851 Hso Tim Hpa
• 1852–1866 Sao Möng Hkam 2nd (d. af.1891)
• 1866–1878 Hso Hon Hpa
• 1878– 7 Feb 1891 Sao Oun Möng (Son of Sao Möng Hkam) – Last Saopha of Waing Hso (b. 1857 - d. af.1909)