Mong Pan or ဝဵင်းမိူင်းပၼ်ႇ is a town and seat of
Mong Pan Township 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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