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Phaya Choeng
Phaya Choeng is the founder of the Tai Lue kingdom of Sipsong Panna in the upper Mekong valley of southern Yunnan. According to Tai Lue chronicles, he united the Tai principalities of the region in 1180 and founded his capital at Chiang Hung, modern Jinghong. Later rulers of Sipsong Panna traced their line from him.
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