Native Name: | မိုင်းစိတ်နယ် |
Conventional Long Name: | Mongsit State |
Common Name: | Mongsit |
Nation: | the Shan States |
Subdivision: | State |
Year Start: | 17th century |
Event Start: | State founded |
Year End: | 1959 |
Event End: | Abdication of the last Myoza |
P1: | Hsenwi |
S1: | Shan State |
Flag S1: | Flag of Shan State.svg |
Image Map Caption: | Möngsit State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map |
Capital: | Mongsit |
Stat Area1: | 784.76 |
Stat Year1: | 1901 |
Stat Pop1: | 9013 |
Mongsit or Möngsit, also known as Maingseik (my|မိုင်းစိတ်) was small state of the Shan States in what is today Burma.[1]
The capital and residence of the Myoza was Mongsit town, located in the northern part of the state and with 1,223 inhabitants according to the 1901 Census of India. The northern half of Mongsit was irrigated by the Nam Teng and the southern by the Nam Pawn.[2]
The rulers of Mongsit bore the title of Myoza.[3]