Official Name: | Mongmaoe |
Pushpin Map: | Myanmar |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Myanmar (de jure) (de facto) |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Shan State |
Subdivision Type2: | Self-Administered Division |
Subdivision Name2: | Wa |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 22.9667°N 98.9667°W |
Timezone: | MMT |
Utc Offset: | +6:30 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 1470 |
Mong Maoe Township (Parauk: Meung Mau;[2] Shan: ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းမႂ်ႇ|translit=tsāaewéng Moeng Hmaue|lit=township of New Territories, Burmese: မိုင်းမောမြို့နယ်, Chinese: 勐冒县), locally known as Moeknu (Wa: Mōuig Nū), is a township of Hopang District of Shan State.[3] Prior to 2011, it belonged to Lashio District.[4] Its principal town is Mongmao.
Its population before 1995 was 77,378 and Wa people were 59,105 out of them.[5]
Ministers, Ambassadors and UN Resident representatives made a tour in January 2004 and they were told in a presentation that there was no poppy fields in Wa area including Mongmao.[6] Rubber, orange, lychee and tea are grown as poppy substitute.[7]
Mongmao Constituency for People Assembly was canceled in General Election 2010.[8] Paung Nap from Wa Democratic Party is elected for National Assembly seat allocated for Hopang, Mongmao, Pangwaun, Namphan, Matman and Pangsang Township.[9]