Mong Pan or ဝဵင်းမိူင်းပၼ်ႇ is a town and seat of
Mong Pan Township
Mong Pan Township (Möng Pan or Möng Pawn) is a township of Langkho District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The capital town is Mong Pan or Möngpan, formerly the residence of the Sawbwa.
To the south it borders Mae Hong Son Province in Thailand ...
in the southern
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 ( ...
of
Burma
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.
To the south it borders
Mae Hong Son Province
Mae Hong Son province ( Burmese: မဲဟောင်ဆောင်; th, แม่ฮ่องสอน, ; Northern Thai: ; Shan: ; formerly called ''Mae Rong Son''), also spelled ''Maehongson'', ''Mae Hong Sorn'' or ''Maehongsorn'', is one of ...
in
Thailand
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and lies west of the
Salween River
, ''Mae Nam Salawin'' (
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. It lies along
National Road 45.
History
This town was formerly the residence of the
Sawbwa
Chao-Pha (; Tai Ahom: 𑜋𑜧𑜨 𑜇𑜡, th, เจ้าฟ้า}, shn, ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ, translit=Jao3 Fa5 Jao3 Fa5, my, စော်ဘွား ''Sawbwa,'' ) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the Tai peoples of ...
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 ...
. The four districts of
Möng Tang,
Möng Hang,
Möng Kyawt and
Möng Hta,
[ located to the south on the east bank of the ]Salween
, ''Mae Nam Salawin'' (
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belonged to the Cis-Salween Sawbwa of Möngpan. In 1888 there was trouble owing to the action of Siam
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 bo ...
, who attempted to take possession of them. Siamese troops were posted in the four districts. Siam also claimed a further district, Möng Hsat, but posted no troops there.The Pacification of Burma, by Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite
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References
Populated places in Shan State
Township capitals of Myanmar
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