Mongpu or Möngpu (also known as Mong Pu or Möng Pu) was a small state of the Shan States in what is today Burma.

History

Mongpu was a small dependency of

Kengtung State Kengtung ( my, ကျိုင်းတုံ; shn, ၵဵင်းတုင် ''Chiang Tung;'' ), known as Menggen Prefecture ( zh, 孟艮府) or Möng Khün Chiefdom or Mueng Khuen Fu (Tai Khün: ) from 1405 to 1895, was a Shan state ...

that had been a tract of land claimed by

Mongnai State Mongnai, also known as Möngnai, Mone, Mōng Nai or Monē, was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. Its capital was Mongnai town. History Möngnai state was founded before 1800. ...

but annexed by Kengtung along with

Monghsat Mong Hsat (Burmese language, Burmese: မိုင်းဆတ်မြို့, MLC Transcription System, MLCTS: ''muing.chat.mrui'') is a town in the Shan State of Myanmar, the capital of Mong Hsat Township. It is served by Monghsat Airport. H ...

further to the south. The capital and residence of the ruler was

Mong Pu Mong may refer to: People *A proposed original name for the Hmong people, based on the main group, the Mong community *Bob Mong (), American journalist and academic administrator *Henry Mong (), American surgeon and Presbyterian missionary *Mong M ...

(Möng Pu) town. Little is known about this state except that its forests, which included valuable teak, had been overexploited at the turn of the 20th century during

British Rule in Burma ( Burmese) , conventional_long_name = Colony of Burma , common_name = Burma , era = Colonial era , event_start = First Anglo-Burmese War , year_start = 1824 , date_start = ...

.Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 408.
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Loi San Loi San is a mountain of the Shan Hills, in Shan State, Burma.GoogleEarth Geography Loi San is located about 2 km to the southeast of Möng Pu (Mongpu) in Mong Ping Township of Mongsat District, overlooking the Möng Pu valley. See also *Li ...

mountain is located about to the southeast of the town, overlooking the Möng Pu valley.

References

Shan States {{ShanState-geo-stub