Mongkung State

This article is about the former Shan princely state. For the present-day administrative division, see Mong Kung Township. For the town, see Mong Kung.
Mongkung (Möngküng)
State of the Shan States
←
1835–1959 →
Möng Kung State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map
History
 • State founded 1835
 • Abdication of the last Saopha 1959
Area
 • 1901 2,650 km2 (1,023 sq mi)
Population
 • 1901 30,482 
Density 11.5 /km2  (29.8 /sq mi)

Mongkung or Möngküng (Burmese: Maingkaing) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. Its capital was Mong Kung, in the valley of the Nam Teng. The largest minority were Palaung people.

History

Mongkung state was founded in ancient times as Langkavadi. In 1835, after the British annexed Upper Burma and established their rule in the region, Mongkung had been formerly a feudatory state of Hsenwi.[1]

Rulers

The rulers of Mongkung bore the title Myoza in 1835-54 and 1863–73; Saopha in 1854-63 and from 1873.[2]

Saophas and Myozas

References

  1. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 409.
  2. ↑ Shan and Karenni States of Burma

Coordinates: 21°36′N 97°31′E / 21.600°N 97.517°E / 21.600; 97.517


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