Mongmao Township

Mong Maoe Township (Wa: mēng hmae;[2] Shan: ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းမႂ်ႇ, romanized: tsāaewéng Moeng Hmaue, lit. 'township of New Territories', Burmese: မိုင်းမောမြို့နယ်), locally known as Moeknu (Wa: Mōuig Nū), is a township of Hopang District of Shan State.[3] Prior to 2011, it belonged to Lashio District.[4] Its principal town is Mongmao.

For other uses, see Mengmao (disambiguation).
Mongmaoe
Mēng Hmae
ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းမႂ်ႇ
Township
Mongmaoe is located in Myanmar
Mongmaoe
Mongmaoe
Coordinates: 22°58′0″N 98°58′0″E
Country Myanmar
StateShan State
Self-Administered DivisionWa
Elevation
[1]
4,820 ft (1,470 m)
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MMT)

History

Its population before 1995 was 77,378 and Wa people were 59,105 out of them.[5]

Ministers, Ambassadors and UN Resident representatives made a tour in January 2004 and they were told in a presentation that there was no poppy fields in Wa area including Mongmao.[6] Rubber, orange, lychee and tea are grown as poppy substitute.[7]

Mongmao Constituency for People Assembly was canceled in General Election 2010.[8] Paung Nap from Wa Democratic Party is elected for National Assembly seat allocated for Hopang, Mongmao, Pangwaun, Namphan, Matman and Pangsang Township.[9]

References
  1. GoogleEarth
  2. Wang Jingliu (2014). 佤汉大词典 [Wa - Chinese Dictionary]. Kunming: Yunnan Nationalities Publishing House. p. 1169. ISBN 978-7-5367-6031-8.
  3. Map of Shan State Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Page 10 Column 3
  5. "Self-administered areas and zones"
  6. "Tour". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  7. "MRTV3". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  8. Facts/Constituencies/Peoples Assembly/Shan State.php Peoples Assembly
  9. Facts/Constituencies/National Assembly/Shan State.php National Assembly



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