Mong Kung မိူင်းၵိုင် မိုင်းကိုင် | |
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  Mong Kung Location in Burma | |
| Coordinates:21°36′30″N97°31′50″E / 21.60833°N 97.53056°E /21.60833; 97.53056 | |
| Country |  Burma |
| State | Shan State |
| District | Loilen District |
| Township | Mong Kung Township |
| Elevation | 1,095 m (3,593 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MST) |
Mong Kung,Mongkung,Mongkaung orMöngkung (Burmese:မိုင်းကိုင်;Shan:မိူင်းၵိုင်) is a town inShan State some 100 kilometres (62 mi) east ofMandalay. It is the capital ofMong Kung Township,Myanmar.
The name "Mong Kung" means "town producing horse saddlery" inShan, and has been transliterated intoBurmese asMaingkaing.[1]
DuringBritish Burma, Mong Kung was the capital ofMongkung State of the SouthernShan States, with an area of 1,642 square miles (4,250 km2). It was bounded on the north byHsi Paw; on the east byMong Tung,Kehsi Mansam andMong Nawng; on the south byLai Hka; and on the west by the western range of theShan Hills andLawk Sawk.
Mong Kung has had a turbulent and unstable history. It was described by SirCharles Haukes Todd during the colonial period as:...a State blessed with very fertile soil and good streams. But here also local dissension and Burman interference had brought ruin.[2]
In the popular Shan folktaleKhun San Law and Nan Oo Pyin, Mong Kung is the hometown of the female character, Nan Oo Pyin.[3]
More recently the area has been ravaged by conflicts between theShan State Army-South (SSA-S) and theBurmese Army.[4]
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