Mong Yawng Township ( shn, ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းယွင်း, my, မိုင်းယောင်းမြို့နယ်) is a

township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

Tachileik District Tachileik District ( my, တာချီလိတ်ခရိုင်; th, ท่าขี้เหล็ก, , , Thai meaning: " Cassod Port") is a district of the Shan State in Myanmar. It consists of one town and 295 villages. It is one of the ...

(formerly part of

Mong Hpayak District Monghpyak District (also Mong Hpyak or Mongphyat) is a Districts of Burma, district of the Shan State in Myanmar. It consists 2 townships and 554 villages. Townships

The district contains the following Townships of Burma, townships: *Mong Hpa ...

) 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 main town is

Mong Yawng Mong Yawng ( my, မိုင်းယောင်းမြို့) is a town, located in eastern Shan State, Myanmar. History Mongyawng State (Möngyawng) was one of the Shan States The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of ...

History

Mongyawng State Mongyawng or Möngyawng was one of the Shan states. It was located in the narrow wedge of territory that projects eastwards from Kengtung State between China and Laos. History Mongyawng State was founded in the 18th century. It had its capita ...

(Möngyawng) was 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 ...

, largely inhabited by

Wa people The Wa people ( Wa: Vāx; my, ဝလူမျိုး, ; ; th, ว้า) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group that lives mainly in Northern Myanmar, in the northern part of Shan State and the eastern part of Kachin State, near and along Myanm ...

. It was annexed by

Kengtung State Kengtung ( my, ကျိုင်းတုံ; shn, ၵဵင်းတုင် ''Chiang Tung;'' ), known as Menggen Prefecture ( zh, 孟艮府) or Möng Khün Chiefdom or Mueng Khuen Fu (Tai Khün: ) from 1405 to 1895, was a Shan state ...

in 1815. The capital was the town of

.Shan and Karenni States - World Statesmen
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References

Townships of Shan State {{Shan-geo-stub