Mong Maoe Township (
Wa: mēng hmae; shn, ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းမႂ်ႇ, translit=tsāaewéng Moeng Hmaue, lit=township of New Territories, my, မိုင်းမောမြို့နယ်), locally known as Moeknu (Wa: Mōuig Nū), is a township of
Hopang District
Hopang District is a district of Shan State, Burma. It is part of the Wa Self-Administered Division
The Wa Self-Administered Division ( my, ဝ ကိုယ်ပိုင်အုပ်ချုပ်ခွင့်ရ တိုင်း ) is a ...
of
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 ( ...
. Prior to 2011, it belonged to
Lashio District
Lashio District ( my, လားရှိုးခရိုင်) is a district of Shan State in Myanmar. It consisted of four towns and 2431 villages in 2001.
Townships
The district contains four townships, including:
* Lashio Township
*Hse ...
. Its principal town is
Mongmao
Mong Maoe ( Wa: weng Mēng Hmae; Shan (Dai Yai): ဝဵင်းမိူင်းမႂ်ႇ ''weng Moeng Hmaue'' ''(town of new territory)''; ; ) is the capital town of Mongmao Township of Shan State. It is under ''de facto'' administration of ...
.
History
Its population before 1995 was 77,378 and
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 Myan ...
were 59,105 out of them.
Ministers, Ambassadors and UN Resident representatives made a tour in January 2004 and they were told in a presentation that there was no poppy fields in Wa area including Mongmao. Rubber, orange, lychee and tea are grown as poppy substitute.
Mongmao Constituency for People Assembly was canceled in General Election 2010. Paung Nap from Wa Democratic Party is elected for National Assembly seat allocated for
Hopang
Hopang is the capital of Hopang Township, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). It is also the government designated capital of the Wa Self-Administered Division.
Geography
Hopang is located in the valley of the Nam Ting River, a tributary of the Salwee ...
, Mongmao,
Pangwaun,
Namphan, Matman and
Pangsang Township
Pangsang Township is a township of the Wa Self-Administered Division of Shan State, formerly and conterminously part of Matman District. Prior to 2011, it was part of Hopang District and Lashio District. Its capital town is Pangsang (also kno ...
.
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References
Townships of Shan State
Wa people
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