Mongmaoe
Meung Mau • ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းမႂ်ႇ • 勐冒
Township
Mongmaoe is located in Myanmar
Mongmaoe
Mongmaoe
Coordinates: 22°58′0″N 98°58′0″E / 22.96667°N 98.96667°E / 22.96667; 98.96667
Country Myanmar (de jure)
 Wa State (de facto)
StateShan State
Self-Administered DivisionWa
Elevation
[1]
4,820 ft (1,470 m)
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MMT)

Mong Maoe Township (Parauk: Meung Mau;[2] Shan: ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းမႂ်ႇ, romanized: tsāaewéng Moeng Hmaue, lit. 'township of New Territories', Burmese: မိုင်းမောမြို့နယ်, Chinese: 勐冒县), 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.

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. ^ Wa State News. "佤邦新闻WaState News「汉语」 2023年07月04日" (in Chinese). 勐冒2023年上半年工作总结会议 Bang Kum Kaing Yuh Tix Plak Num 2023 Num Kaing Meung Mau
  3. ^ Map of Shan State Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Page 10 Column 3[permanent dead link]
  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[permanent dead link] Peoples Assembly
  9. ^ Facts/Constituencies/National Assembly/Shan State.php National Assembly[permanent dead link]



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