(Burmese: လာရ္ဟိးမ္ရုိ့; MLCTS: la hri: mrui.; Chinese: 臘戌; pinyin: Làxū) is the largest town in northern Shan State, Myanmar, situate in 22° 56' N. and 97° 45' E. at an altitude of 2746 ft. (836 meters), on a low mountain spur overlooking the valley of the Nam Yao river. The 1960 population of Lashio was roughly 5,000. The population is made up of mostly Bamar (Burmans), Shan and Chinese. The annual rainfall averages 54 in. The average maximum temperature is 80.5° and the average minimum 55.5°.