Hopong
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Hopong
(Burmese, Hopon). — A small State in the central division of the Southern Shan States, Burma, lying between 20° 38' and 20° 59' N. and 97° 6' and 97° 23' E., with an area (including its small northern dependency of Hailong) of 232 square miles. It is bounded on the north by Lawksawk and Laihsak ; on the east by Mongpawn ; on the south by Namhkok ; and on the west by Yawnghwe, from which it is separated by the Tamhpak stream. Towards the north and east the country is extremely hilly, but a considerable area of irrigated rice land lies in the valleys. Tatingya rice is worked by the Taungthus, and vegetables, tobacco, and thanatpet are cultivated. The population in 1901 was 11,140, distributed in 177 villages. The people are nearly all Buddhists, and according to language were divided into 7,123 Taungthus, 3,775 Shans (inhabiting the plains), and 242 speakers of other languages. The head-quarters of the Myoza are at Hopong (population, 765), on the banks of a small stream called the Namkyeng, and connected by road with Taunggyi. l"he revenue in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 14,000 (mainly thathameda); the chief items of expenditure were Rs. 6,000 tribute to the British Government, Rs. 3,600 spent on pay of officials and general administra- tion, Rs. 2,600 on public works, and Rs. 1,800 paid into the privy purse.
