Mong Hsu Township is a

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Loilen District Loilem District is a district of the Shan State in Myanmar. It consists of 9 towns in 2010. Its capital is Loilem. Townships The district contains the following townships: *Loilem Township * Nansang Township *Kunhing Township *Lai-Hka Tow ...

in the

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. ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. The principal town is

Mong Hsu Mong Hsu is the principal town of Mong Hsu Township of Shan State. 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 ti ...

. Om-pu waterfall on Nam Parng River of Mong Hsu is the second largest waterfall of Shan State. The nearest commercial airport to Mong Hsu is

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History

Mong Hsu is the home of the famous Mong Hsu

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mines. The large scale production started in 1991. Before gems were found, it is a small remote town with 1-2 convoys for each month. And before 1959, it was governed by a

sawbwa Chao-Pha (; Tai Ahom: 𑜋𑜧𑜨 𑜇𑜡, th, เจ้าฟ้า}, shn, ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ, translit=Jao3 Fa5 Jao3 Fa5, my, စော်ဘွား ''Sawbwa,'' ) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the Tai peoples of ...

. The quality of its rubies are contested by dealers of precious rubies originating from

Mogok Mogok (, ; Shan: , ) is a town in the Thabeikkyin District of Mandalay Region of Myanmar, located north of Mandalay and north-east of Shwebo. History Mogok is believed to have been founded in 1217 by three lost Shan hunters who discovered r ...

. There was forced displacement of native Shan population in Mong Hsu Township by the

Myanmar Army The Myanmar Army ( my, တပ်မတော်(ကြည်း), ) is the largest branch of the Tatmadaw, Armed Forces (''Tatmadaw'') of Myanmar (Burma) and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. The My ...

in 1995. And several skirmishes between Myanmar Army and

Shan State Army The Shan State Army ( my, သျှမ်းပြည်တပ်မတော်; abbreviated SSA) was one of the largest insurgent groups that fought government forces in Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). The SSA was founded in 1964 after the ...

in 2011. Beginning on 6 October 2015 a large scale offensive by the

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comprising 20 Burma Army battalions has been launched in central Shan State. The aim of the military is to seize Shan ceasefire territories in

Kehsi Kyethi( shn, ဝဵင်းၵေႇသီႇ; my, ကျေးသီးမြို့)(Kyethi or Kehsi) is the main town of Kyethi Township, Loilem District, in the Shan State of Burma. The main town is Kesi (Kyethi or Kehsi). Highway 442 passe ...

, Mong Hsu,

Mong Nawng Mong Nawng, Mong Naung or Mongnawng is a town in Shan State, Myanmar. It is located a few miles to the west of the Nam Pang river. History In British Burma Mong Nawng was the capital of Mongnawng State, one of the large Shan States. The town had ...

and Tangyan townships, using heavy artillery and with fighter jet and helicopter gunship air support to indiscriminately shell and bomb civilian areas. These attacks have displaced thousands of Shan, Palaung,

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and

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causing a new humanitarian crisis.Attacks in central Shan State
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Towns and Villages

References

{{Shan State Townships of Shan State Loilen District