Möng Kyawt Explained

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.

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.[2]

History

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]

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Notes and References

  1. [GoogleEarth]
  2. Web site: Loi Kyi-lek. Mapcarta. 26 May 2016.
  3. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_413.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 407
  4. Aung Tun 2009: 202
  5. Seekins 2006: 251