Mong-yu (N23°58'23" E97°59'00"),
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 C. Wells, Joh ...
, was at the junction of the World War II-famed
Ledo Road and the
Burma Road
The Burma Road () was a road linking Burma (now known as Myanmar) with southwest China. Its terminals were Kunming, Yunnan, and Lashio, Burma. It was built while Burma was a British colony to convey supplies to China during the Second S ...
.
It is located about 10 miles (17 kilometers) southwest of
Wanting (N24°05 E98°04) in southwestern
China
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, where the Burma Road crossed the Burma-China border.
References
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Geography of Shan State
Populated places in Shan State