Möng Kyawt, also known as Mongkyawt is a village in
Hway Aww Village Tract,
Ponparkyin and
Mong Ton Township of
Mong Hsat District,
Shan State
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, eastern
Myanmar
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.
Geography
Möng Kyawt is located in a mountainous area;
Loi Hkilek, a 1,973 m high mountain is located about 11 km to the northeast of Möng Kyawt.
History
At the time of the
Shan States
The Shan States were a collection of minor Shan people, Shan kingdoms called ''mueang, möng'' whose rulers bore the title ''saopha'' (''sawbwa''). In British rule in Burma, British Burma, they were analogous to the princely states of Britis ...
this town was the capital of
Mongkyawt District,
[Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 407](_blank)
/ref> its actual elevation is 1,973 m.Salween
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districts of Mongpan State formerly claimed by Thailand
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as unlawfully occupied by British Burma
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.
After having occupied parts of Burma, the Japanese Empire
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agreed to the Thai annexation of Kengtung State
Kengtung (; ''Chiang Tung;'' ), known as Menggen Prefecture ( zh, 孟艮府) or Möng Khün tusi, Chiefdom or Mueng Khuen Fu (administrative division)#China, Fu (Khün language, Tai Khün: ), classical name Khemarattha, was a Shan people, ...
and the trans-Salween areas claimed by Thailand.[Aung Tun 2009: 202] The Thai army evacuated the Shan States only in August 1945.[Seekins 2006: 251]
Bibliography
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References
External links
Maplandia World Gazetteer
Populated places in Mong Hsat District
Mong Ton Township
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