Möng Kyawt | |
Other Name: | မိုင်းကျွတ် |
Native Name: | မိူင်းၵျွတ်ႈ |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Myanmar |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Myanmar |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Myanmar |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Mong Hsat District |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Mong Ton Township |
Subdivision Type4: | Town |
Subdivision Name4: | Ponparkyin |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | +6.30 |
Coordinates: | 19.9333°N 142°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation Ft: | 2042 |
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, eastern Myanmar.
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.[2]
At the time of the Shan States this town was the capital of Mongkyawt District,[3] its actual elevation is 1,973 m.[1] together with Möng Tang, Möng Hang and Möng Hta, one of the four trans-Salween districts of Mongpan State formerly claimed by Thailand as unlawfully occupied by British Burma.
After having occupied parts of Burma, the Japanese Empire agreed to the Thai annexation of Kengtung State and the trans-Salween areas claimed by Thailand.[4] The Thai army evacuated the Shan States only in August 1945.[5]