Möng Pu or Mong Pu is a village in
Mong Ping Township
Mong Ping Township is a township of Kengtung District (formerly part of Mong Hsat District) in the Shan State of Myanmar
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Mongsat District
Mong Hsat District or Mongsat District ( my, မိုင်းဆတ်ခရိုင်) is a district of the Shan State in Myanmar. It consists of 2 townships 5 towns and 1095 villages.
Townships
The district contains the following townships ...
, Shan State, eastern Myanmar.
Geography
Mong Pu lies in a small valley surrounded by mountains.
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 2 km to the southeast of the town, overlooking the Möng Pu valley.
History
Mongpu State (Möngpu, where ''Mong'' is equivalent to Thai
Mueang
Mueang ( th, เมือง ''mɯ̄ang'', ), Muang ( lo, ເມືອງ ''mɯ́ang'', ; Tai Nuea: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ''muang''), Mong ( shn, ''mə́ŋ'', ), Meng () or Mường (Vietnamese), were pre-modern semi-independent city-states or principali ...
) 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 ...
. It was a tributary state 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 ...
. The capital of
Mongpu State and the residence of its ruler was the town of Mong Pu, which is this town.
Sir Charles Crosthwaite "The pacification of Burma"
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References
Mongsat District
Township capitals of Myanmar
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