Mong Hsat ဝဵင်းမိူင်းသၢတ်ႇ မိုင်းဆတ်မြို့ | |
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Town | |
  Mong Hsat Location in Myanmar | |
| Coordinates:20°32′N99°15′E / 20.533°N 99.250°E /20.533; 99.250 | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Region |  Shan State |
| District | Mong Hsat District |
| Township | Mong Hsat Township |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MST) |
Mong Hsat (Burmese: မိုင်းဆတ်မြို့,MLCTS:muing.chat.mrui) is a town in theShan State ofMyanmar, the capital ofMong Hsat Township. It is served byMonghsat Airport.
Monghsat State (Mönghsat, whereMong is equivalent to ThaiMueang) was one of theShan States. It was a tributary state ofKengtung State. The capital was the town of Monghsat.[1][2]
In 1950s,Republic of China Armed Forces controlled the town, and tried to build the town as a base to counterattack against mainland China which was taken over by theChinese Communist Party to establishPeople's Republic of China before then.[3]
Cultivation of theopium poppy is said to be on the rise in the area after theUnited Wa State Army decided to stop it in their territory of northern Shan state, in 2000s.[4]
| Climate data for Mong Hsat, elevation 572 m (1,877 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 32.1 (89.8) | 34.6 (94.3) | 37.1 (98.8) | 39.1 (102.4) | 39.5 (103.1) | 36.9 (98.4) | 35.5 (95.9) | 35.1 (95.2) | 34.5 (94.1) | 35.2 (95.4) | 33.8 (92.8) | 31.3 (88.3) | 39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.0 (82.4) | 30.2 (86.4) | 33.1 (91.6) | 34.8 (94.6) | 32.7 (90.9) | 30.7 (87.3) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.7 (85.5) | 30.7 (87.3) | 30.7 (87.3) | 28.8 (83.8) | 27.1 (80.8) | 30.5 (86.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) | 9.8 (49.6) | 12.5 (54.5) | 17.4 (63.3) | 21.2 (70.2) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.3 (72.1) | 21.8 (71.2) | 20.2 (68.4) | 16.2 (61.2) | 12.3 (54.1) | 17.4 (63.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) | 4.3 (39.7) | 7.3 (45.1) | 12.4 (54.3) | 16.7 (62.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.4 (68.7) | 17.3 (63.1) | 11.9 (53.4) | 7.5 (45.5) | 4.7 (40.5) | 3.8 (38.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 3.2 (0.13) | 4.7 (0.19) | 7.1 (0.28) | 41.9 (1.65) | 168.4 (6.63) | 163.6 (6.44) | 158.1 (6.22) | 253.2 (9.97) | 293.4 (11.55) | 184.0 (7.24) | 60.6 (2.39) | 8.1 (0.32) | 1,346.3 (53.00) |
| Source:Norwegian Meteorological Institute[5] | |||||||||||||
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