Loilong
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Loilong was a Shan state in the Myelat
region of what is today Burma. Its capital was Pinlaung
. It had a large Pa-O
population.
Myelat
Myelat is a region of the southern Shan State of Burma. Originally this would have comprised the smaller states typically ruled by "Myosas" or "Ngwegunhmus" , buffering the plains of Burma and the ethnic Shan states further east...
region of what is today Burma. Its capital was Pinlaung
Pinlaung
Pinlaung is a town and seat of Pinlaung Township, in the Pa-O Self-Administered Zone of Shan State of eastern-central Burma. It lies along National Road 54, northwest by road from Loikaw .-External links:*...
. It had a large Pa-O
Pa-O
The Pa-Oh form an ethnic group in Burma, comprising approximately 600,000. The Pa-Oh form the second largest ethnic group in Shan State, and are classified as part of the "Shan National Race" by the government, although they are believed to be of Tibeto-Burman stock, and are ethnolinguistically...
population.