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Mong La Township

Coordinates: 21°40′0″N 100°0′0″E / 21.66667°N 100.00000°E / 21.66667; 100.00000
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Mong La
Township
Mong La is located in Myanmar
Mong La
Mong La
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 21°40′0″N 100°0′0″E / 21.66667°N 100.00000°E / 21.66667; 100.00000
Country Burma
StateShan State
DistrictKengtong District
Elevation
[1]
645 m (2,116 ft)
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MST)

Mong La Township (Template:Lang-my) is a subdivision of Kengtung District, Shan State, Myanmar. The area borders with China and Laos.[2] The principal town is Mong La. It is situated between Kyaingtung, Mongyan, Mongyaung.

Sharing a long border with China, the Mongla area is a center for the production and traffic of narcotics[3] and illegal wildlife trade.[4] It offers gambling and prostitution to Chinese tourists an unregulated environment outside Myyanmar government control.[5]

Name

"Mongla", "Mengla" and "Meungla" are different romanizations of the same Tai word. Thus, to differentiate Mengla County in China and Mong La Township in Myanmar, the locals call the former Greater Mengla/Mongla while the latter Lesser Mongla/Mengla.

History

See also: History of Myanmar, National Democratic Alliance Army, and Mong La

Mong La or the Mongla region was the Special Region #4 of Shan before the new constitution (2008).[6] It hosts the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) and its leader Lin Mingxian aka Sai Leun.[7] It was the #815 War Zone of the former Communist Party of Burma (CPB).[8] In 2008 the United Wa State Army (UWSA) strongly opposed the move to give away the adjacent area of Mong Pawk from its control because it serves as a link with its ally, the NDAA in Mongla.[9]

In the 2010 General Election, the Mong La constituency for the People's Assembly (Pyithu Hluttaw) was cancelled.[10]

References

  1. ^ GoogleEarth
  2. ^ "Myanmar Information Management Unit : Shan State Map" (PDF). Themimu.info. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  3. ^ "Mongla seizes precursors from Thailand". Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Myanmar's wildlife trafficking hotspot". 19 June 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. ^ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xqbw_7Vo_eA
  6. ^ "Mong La, Burma | BootsnAll Travel Articles". Bootsnall.com. 1999-06-01. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  7. ^ "Asia Times Online :: south-east Asia news - Virtual gambling in Myanmar's drug country". Atimes.com. 2006-08-26. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
  8. ^ "The National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Home". Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  10. ^ [1][dead link‍]



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