Mong Kung

This article is about the town. For the present-day administrative division, see Mong Kung Township. For the former Shan princely state, see Mongkung State.

Mong Kung မိူင်းၵိုင် မိုင်းကိုင်
Town
Mong Kung Location in Burma
Coordinates: 21°36′30″N 97°31′50″E
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 or Möngkung (Burmese: မိုင်းကိုင်; Shan: မိူင်းၵိုင်) is a town in Shan State some 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Mandalay. It is the capital of Mong Kung Township, Myanmar.

Etymology

The name "Mong Kung" means "town producing horse saddlery" in Shan, and has been transliterated into Burmese as Maingkaing.^[1]

History

During British Burma, Mong Kung was the capital of Mongkung State of the Southern Shan States, with an area of 1,642 square miles (4,250 km²). It was bounded on the north by Hsi Paw; on the east by Mong Tung, Kehsi Mansam and Mong Nawng; on the south by Lai Hka; and on the west by the western range of the Shan Hills and Lawk Sawk.

Mong Kung has had a turbulent and unstable history. It was described by Sir Charles 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]

More recently the area has been ravaged by conflicts between the Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) and the Burmese Army.^[3]

References

1. "Forbidden Glimpses of Shan State" (PDF). Shan Women’s Action Network. November 2009.
2. The Pacification of Burma, by Sir Charles Haukes Todd Crosthwaite
3. "Southern Shan State". Thailand Burma Border Consortium. Archived from the original on March 28, 2010. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

External links

• "Mongkaung Township - Shan State"^{[permanent dead link‍]} Map, 14 June 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
• Rinderpest in Burma statistics