Möng Kyawt, also known as Mongkyawt is a village in
Mong Ton Township
Mong Ton Township or Mong Tong Township is a township of Mongs Ton District in the Eastern Shan State of Myanmar. The capital town is Mong Ton. It borders Mong Pying Township to the north, Mong Hsat Township to the east, Mong Nai Township and ...
of
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 ...
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Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos ( ...
, eastern
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 ...
(Myanmar).
Geography
Möng Kyawt is located in a mountainous area;
Loi Hkilek
Loi Hkilek or Loi Kyi-lek is a mountain of the Shan Hills, in Shan State, Burma.GoogleEarth
Geography
Loi Hkilek is located about 11 km to the northeast of Möng Kyawt (Mongkyawt) in Mong Ton Township of Mongsat District.
Although this mou ...
, a 1,973 m high mountain is located about 11 km to the northeast of Möng Kyawt.
History
At the time 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 fi ...
this town was the capital of
Mongkyawt District,
[Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 407](_blank)
/ref> its actual elevation is 1,973 m.Salween
, ''Mae Nam Salawin'' (
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districts of Mongpan State
Mongpan (also spelt Möngpan), also known as Maingpan ( my, မိုင်းပန်) was a Shan people, Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States.
The town of Mong Pan was formerly th ...
formerly claimed by Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
as unlawfully occupied by British Burma.
After having occupied parts of Burma, the Japanese Empire agreed to the Thai annexation of Kengtung State and the trans-Salween areas claimed by Thailand.[Aung Tun 2009: 202] The Thai army evacuated the Shan States only in August 1945.[Seekins 2006: 251]
Bibliography
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References
External links
Maplandia World Gazetteer
Populated places in Mongsat District
Mong Ton Township
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