Möng Pu State
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Möng Pu was a small state of the Shan States in what is today Burma.
| Möng Pu | |||||||||
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| State of the Shan States | |||||||||
| 17th century–1959 | |||||||||
Möng Pu in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map | |||||||||
| Capital | Mong Pu | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Founded as vassal state of Kengtung | 17th century | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last ruler | 1959 | ||||||||
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History
Möng Pu was a small dependency of Kengtung State[1] that had been a tract of land claimed by Möng Nai but annexed by Kengtung along with Monghsat further to the south. The capital and residence of the ruler was Möng Pu town.[2]
Little is known about this state except that its forests, which included valuable teak, had been overexploited at the turn of the 20th century during British Rule in Burma.[3] Loi San mountain is located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the southeast of the town, overlooking the Möng Pu valley.[4]
