Lawksawk Township is a township

Township

The word township is used to refer to different kinds of settlements in different countries. Township is generally associated with an urban area. However there are many exceptions to this rule. In Australia, the United States, and Canada, they may be settlements too small to be considered urban...

 of Taunggyi District

Taunggyi District

Taunggyi District is a district of Shan State in Burma. The principal town and administrative center is Taunggyi. This district has 12 towns and 3001 villages.-Townships:The district contains the following townships:*Taunggyi Township*Nyaungshwe Township...

 in the Shan State

Shan State

Shan State is a state of Burma . Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west. Largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area, Shan State covers 155,800 km², almost a quarter of the total...

 of Myanmar

Myanmar

Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....

. The principal town is Lawksawk

Lawksawk

Lawksawk is a town in Shan State, Myanmar. It is the principal town and administrative centre of Lawksawk Township. The town is located along an oxbow lake of the Zawgyi River at an altitude of 910 metres...

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Geography

Lawksawk Township is bounded on the north by the townships of Nawnghkio

Nawnghkio Township

Nawnghkio Township is a township of Kyaukme District in the Shan State of eastern Burma. The principal town and administrative seat is Nawnghkio. The name 'Nawnghkio' was started to call after a camp near a green lake...

, Kyaukme

Kyaukme Township

Kyaukme Township is a township of Kyaukme District in the Shan State of eastern Burma . The principal town and administrative center is Kyaukme. The only other town is Mongngaw located in the northeast corner of the township....

, and Hsipaw

Hsipaw Township

Hsipaw Township is a township of Kyaukme District in the Shan State of eastern Burma. The principal town is Hsipaw....

; on the east by Mong Kung

Mong Kung Township

Mong Kung Township is a township of Loilen District in the Shan State of Burma. The principal town is Mong Kung.Sometime prior to 2002, the southern portion of Mong Kung Township was transferred to Hopong Township in Taunggyi District.-External links:* Map, 14 June 2010, Myanmar Information...

 and Hopong

Hopong Township

Hopong Township is a township of Taunggyi District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Hopong....

; on the south by Taunggyi

Taunggyi Township

Taunggyi Township is a township of Taunggyi District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Taunggyi.-Borders:Taunggyi Township is bordered by the following townships:* Lawksawk to the north* Hopong to the north and east...

, Kalaw

Kalaw Township

Kalaw Township is a township of Taunggyi District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Kalaw. This township contains Kalaw , Aungban and Heho....

, and Pingdaya; and on the west by Ywangan

Ywangan Township

Ywangan Township is a township of Taunggyi District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Ywangan....

. It is the most northernly of the townships which comprise the Taunggyi District

Taunggyi District

Taunggyi District is a district of Shan State in Burma. The principal town and administrative center is Taunggyi. This district has 12 towns and 3001 villages.-Townships:The district contains the following townships:*Taunggyi Township*Nyaungshwe Township...

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Lawksawk is situated in a mountainous region with ranges generally running north and south, divided by broad valleys. Most of the township is within the drainage basins of two rivers, the Zawgyi

Zawgyi River

Zawgyi River is a river of eastern Burma . It flows through the foothills of the Shan Mountain range in Shan State. It is a tributary of the Myitnge River entering it about 20 km north of Kyaukse at Nyaungbintha.-Notes:...

 and the Nam Lang.

Saohpas of Lawksawk

Lawksawk has traditionally been ruled by a saohpa (chieftain). The following is a list of the known saohpas of Lawksawk:

• Hkun Sam Lik 1791–1811
• On Gaing 1812–1813
• Hkun Shwe Ek 1813–1850
• Vacant 1850–1854
• Sao Weng (1st time) 1854–1881
• Occupied by Yawnghwe 1881–1886
• Sao Weng (second time) 1886–1887
• Bo Saing (regent) 1887
• Hkun Nu 1887–1900
• Sao Hkun Nsok 1900–1946
• Sao Hkun So 1946–1952