Mong Hsu is the principal town of
Mong Hsu Township
Mong Hsu Township is a township of Loilen District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Mong Hsu.
Om-pu waterfall on Nam Parng River of Mong Hsu is the second largest waterfall of Shan State. The nearest commercial airport to Mong ...
of
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the Endonym and exonym, endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. ...
.
History
It was the main town of one of the
Shan States
The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called ''muang'' whose rulers bore the title ''saopha'' in British Burma. They were analogous to the princely states of British India.
The term "Shan States" was firs ...
,
Monghsu
Monghsu or Maingshu was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. The main river in the area was the Nam Pang. History
Monghsu became independent from Hsenwi in 1857 under a personal un ...
, known in ancient times as Hansawadi.
In early 1990s, there is a major discovery rubies near Mong Hsu. Within a few years, Mong Hsu rubies constituted over 95% of faceted rubies entering world market; however, they require considerable sophisticated treatment.
Mong Hsu rubies
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References
Populated places in Shan State
Township capitals of Myanmar
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