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Shan State

Shan State is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Myanmar in the west.
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Shan State

Latitude
21.5122° or 21° 30′ 44″ north
Longitude
98.0098° or 98° 0′ 35″ east
Population
5,820,000
Elevation
2,927 feet (892 metres)
Open location code
7MHWG265+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4344762327
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1297099
Wiki­data ID
Q456847
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Shan State” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Nanggroë Shan”
  • Arabic: “ولاية شان”
  • Armenian: “Շան”
  • Assamese: “ছান ৰাজ্য”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şan (Myanma)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şan ştatı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şan”
  • Balinese: “Negara Wagian Shan”
  • Basque: “Shan estatu”
  • Basque: “Shan estatua”
  • Basque: “Shan”
  • Belarusian: “Шан”
  • Bengali: “শান রাজ্য”
  • Burmese: “ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Estat Shan”
  • Cebuano: “Shan State”
  • Central Kurdish: “ویلایەتی شان”
  • Chinese: “Shan Chiu”
  • Chinese: “掸邦”
  • Chinese: “撣邦”
  • Czech: “Šanský stát”
  • Danish: “Shan State”
  • Dutch: “Shan Staat”
  • Dutch: “Shan-staat”
  • Dutch: “Shan”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝanio”
  • Estonian: “Šani osariik”
  • Finnish: “Shan”
  • French: “État de Shan”
  • French: “État des Chans”
  • French: “Etat Shan”
  • French: “État shan”
  • French: “Shan”
  • Georgian: “შანის შტატი”
  • German: “MM-17”
  • German: “Shan staat”
  • German: “Shan State”
  • German: “Shan-Staat”
  • German: “Shan”
  • Greek: “Σαν”
  • Gujarati: “શાન સ્ટેટ”
  • Hindi: “शान राज्य”
  • Ido: “Stato Shan”
  • Indonesian: “Negara Bagian Shan”
  • Italian: “Stato di Shan”
  • Italian: “Stato Shan”
  • Japanese: “シャン”
  • Japanese: “シャン州”
  • Kannada: “ಶನ್ ರಾಜ್ಯ”
  • Khmer: “រដ្ឋសាន”
  • Kirghiz: “Шан”
  • Korean: “샨주”
  • Lao: “ລັດຊານ”
  • Latvian: “Šanas pavalsts”
  • Lithuanian: “Šanų valstija”
  • Macedonian: “Шан”
  • Malay: “Shan State”
  • Malayalam: “ഷാൻ സംസ്ഥാനം”
  • Marathi: “शान राज्य”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shan Chiu”
  • Nepali: “सान राज्य”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shan-staten”
  • Norwegian: “Shan”
  • Ossetian: “Шан (штат)”
  • Ossetian: “Шан”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဖြဝ်ꩻခမ်းနယ်ႏ”
  • Panjabi: “ਸ਼ਾਨ ਰਾਜ”
  • Persian: “ایالت شان”
  • Polish: “Szan”
  • Portuguese: “Estado Shan”
  • Portuguese: “Shan”
  • Portuguese: “Xã”
  • Romanian: “Statul Shan”
  • Russian: “Шан”
  • Santali: “ᱥᱟᱱ ᱯᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Scots: “Shan State”
  • Serbian: “Шан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Država Šan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Država Shan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Shan”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းတႂ်ႈ”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းတႆး”
  • Sinhala: “ශාන් රාජ්‍ය”
  • Slovenian: “MM-17”
  • Slovenian: “Šan”
  • Slovenian: “Zvezna država Šan”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Shan”
  • Spanish: “Estado Shan”
  • Spanish: “Shan”
  • Swedish: “Shanstaten”
  • Tai Nüa: “ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥖᥭᥰ”
  • Tamil: “ஷான் மாநிலம்”
  • Telugu: “షాన్ రాష్ట్రం”
  • Thai: “เมืองไตย”
  • Thai: “รัฐฉาน”
  • Thai: “รัฐชาน”
  • Thai: “สหรัฐไตย”
  • Turkish: “Şan”
  • Turkish: “Shan State”
  • Ukrainian: “Шан”
  • Urdu: “اسٹیٹ شان”
  • Urdu: “ریاست شان”
  • Vietnamese: “Bang Shan”
  • Vietnamese: “Shan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Shan (estado)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Shan”
  • Western Armenian: “Շան”
  • Wu Chinese: “Shan State”
  • Wu Chinese: “掸邦”
  • Yue Chinese: “撣邦”
  • “Shan”

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