Möng Pu or Mong Pu is a village in

Mong Ping Township Mong Ping Township (, officially Mong Pyin Township) is a township of Kengtung District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The township has 2 towns- the capital town Mong Ping with 3 urban wards and Tontar with 4 urban wards. The township also has 39 ...

Mongsat District Mong Hsat District () is a district of Shan State in Myanmar. It only contains one township- township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is oc ...

, Shan State, eastern Myanmar.

Geography

Mong Pu lies in a small valley surrounded by mountains.

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 2 km to the southeast of the town, overlooking the Möng Pu valley.

History

Mongpu State (Möngpu, where ''Mong'' is equivalent to Thai

Mueang Mueang ( Ahom: 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫; ''mɯ̄ang'', ), Muang ( ''mɯ́ang'', ), Möng ( Tai Nuea: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ''möeng''; ''móeng'', ), Meng ( zh, c=猛 or 勐) or Mường (Vietnamese) were pre-modern semi-independent city-states or princip ...

) was one 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 ...

. It was a tributary state 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, ...

. The capital of Mongpu State and the residence of its ruler was the town of Mong Pu, which is this town.Sir Charles Crosthwaite "The pacification of Burma"
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References

Mong Hsat District Township capitals of Myanmar {{Burma-geo-stub