Mongpu State Explained

Native Name:Möngpu
Conventional Long Name:Mongpu State
Common Name:Mongpu
Nation:the Shan States
Subdivision:State
Year Start:17th century
Event Start:Founded as vassal state of Kengtung
Year End:1959
Event End:Abdication of the last ruler
P1:Mongnai State
S1:Shan State
Flag S1:Flag of Shan State.svg
Image Map Caption:Möngpu State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map
Capital:Mong Pu

Mongpu or Möngpu (also known as Mong Pu or Möng Pu) was a small state of the Shan States in what is today Burma.

History

Mongpu was a small dependency of Kengtung State[1] that had been a tract of land claimed by Mongnai State but annexed by Kengtung along with Monghsat further to the south. The capital and residence of the ruler was Mong Pu (Möng Pu) town.[2]

Little is known about this state except that its forests, which included valuable teak, had been overexploited at the turn of the 20th century during British Rule in Burma.[3] Loi San mountain is located about to the southeast of the town, overlooking the Möng Pu valley.[4]

References

20.9°N 143°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 15, p. 200.. 27 May 2016.
  2. https://archive.org/stream/pacificationofbu00crosrich/pacificationofbu00crosrich_djvu.txt Sir Charles Crosthwaite "The pacification of Burma"
  3. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_414.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 408.
  4. Web site: Loi San. Mapcarta. 28 May 2016.