Mongpu or Möngpu (also known as Mong Pu or Möng Pu) was a small state 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 ...

in what is today

Burma 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 Wells explai ...

History

Mongpu was a small dependency of

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 ...

that had been a tract of land claimed by

Mongnai State Mongnai, also known as Möngnai, Mone, Mōng Nai or Monē, was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. Its capital was Mongnai town. History Möngnai state was founded before 1800. ...

but annexed by Kengtung along with

Monghsat Mong Hsat (Burmese language, Burmese: မိုင်းဆတ်မြို့, MLC Transcription System, MLCTS: ''muing.chat.mrui'') is a town in the Shan State of Myanmar, the capital of Mong Hsat Township. It is served by Monghsat Airport. H ...

further to the south. The capital and residence of the ruler was Mong Pu (Möng Pu) town. Little is known about this state except that its forests, which included valuable

teak Teak (''Tectona grandis'') is a tropical hardwood tree species in the family Lamiaceae. It is a large, deciduous tree that occurs in mixed hardwood forests. ''Tectona grandis'' has small, fragrant white flowers arranged in dense clusters (panicl ...

, had been overexploited at the turn of the 20th century during

British Rule in Burma ( Burmese) , conventional_long_name = Colony of Burma , common_name = Burma , era = Colonial era , event_start = First Anglo-Burmese War , year_start = 1824 , date_start = ...

.Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 408.
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Loi San Loi San is a mountain of the Shan Hills, in Shan State, Burma.GoogleEarth Geography Loi San is located about 2 km to the southeast of Möng Pu (Mongpu) in Mong Ping Township of Mongsat District, overlooking the Möng Pu valley. See also *Li ...

mountain is located about to the southeast of the town, overlooking the Möng Pu valley.

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