Mu Se Township (; shn, ဝဵင်းမူႇၸေႊ) is a
township
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of
Mu Se District
Mu Se District ( my, မူစယ်ခရိုင်) is a Districts of Burma, district of the Shan State in Burma, Burma (Myanmar). , it consisted of 4 towns and 1162 villages. The capital is at Muse, Burma, Muse.
Townships
The district con ...
in the
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 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 C. Wells, Joh ...
. The principal town and administrative center is
Muse
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai, el, Μούσες, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in ...
. It is the terminus of Mandalay-Lashio-Muse road.
Geography
Muse is the biggest border trading point between Myanmar and China. It is the home of the Muse (105 Miles) Trading Zone.
Myanmar Trade
The trading zone is 370 acres wide and it is 6 miles from Muse. It was opened in April 2006. Ruili
Ruili (; tdd, ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥛᥣᥝᥰ; shn, မိူင်းမၢဝ်း; th, เมืองมาว; my, ရွှေလီ) is a county-level city of Dehong Prefecture, in the west of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. It ...
is the Chinese town opposite to Muse. Pang Hseng
Pang Hseng, also known as ''Pan Saing'', ''Kyu Koke'' and ''Kyu-hkök'', is a town in Mu Se Township, Mu Se District, northern Shan State, Myanmar.
On 2 November 2023 it was reported that the town had come fully under control of the Brotherhoo ...
(Kyu Koke) and Mong Ko
Mong Ko ( my, မုန်းကိုးမြို့; zh, c=勐古, p=Měng gǔ), sometimes spelled Mongko or Monekoe and also known as Man Kan, Man Guo and Panglong, is a town in Mu Se Township, Mu Se District, northern Shan State.
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(Monekoe) are other important towns in the area.
Further reading
Myanmar: IDP Sites in Kachin and northern Shan States - Mimu
See also
*Muse, Burma
Muse (; shn, မူႇၸေႊ) is the capital town of Mu Se Township (also spelled as Muse Township) in northern Shan State, Myanmar. It is situated on the Shweli River (Nam Mao), and is connected by a bridge and road to Ruili (Shweli, , in ...
References
External links
"Muse Township - Shan State"
Map, 14 June 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
Townships of Shan State
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