Mong Hsu

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Mong Hsu
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Mong Hsu
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 21°55′N98°23′E / 21.917°N 98.383°E / 21.917; 98.383 Coordinates: 21°55′N98°23′E / 21.917°N 98.383°E / 21.917; 98.383
Country Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
State Flag of the Shan State.svg  Shan
District Loilem District
Township Mong Hsu Township
Elevation [1] 707 m (2,320 ft)
Time zone MST (UTC+6.30)

Mong Hsu is the principal town of Mong Hsu Township of Shan State.

Mong Hsu Township Township in Shan State, Burma

Mong Hsu Township is a township of Loilen District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Mong Hsu. Om-pu waterfall on Nam Parng River of Mong Hsu is the second largest waterfall of Shan State. The nearest commercial airport to Mong Hsu is Lashio Airport.

Shan State State in East central, Myanmar

Shan State is a state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west. Largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area, Shan State covers 155,800 km², almost a quarter of the total area of Burma. The state gets its name from the Shan people, one of several ethnic groups that inhabit the area. Shan State is largely rural, with only three cities of significant size: Lashio, Kengtung, and the capital, Taunggyi. Taunggyi is 150.7 km north east of the nation's capital Naypyitaw.

History

It was the main town of one of the Shan States, Monghsu, known in ancient times as Hansawadi. [2]

Shan States historic (1885-1948) name for Minor Kingdoms (analogous to Princely state of British India) ruled by Saopha (similar to Thai royal title Chao Fa Prince/Princess) in areas of todays Burma, China, Laos and Northern Thailand from c.1215 to c.1959

The Shan States (1885–1948) were a collection of minor Shan kingdoms called mueang whose rulers bore the title saopha in British Burma. They were analogous to the princely states of British India.

Monghsu

Monghsu or Maingshu was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. The main river in the area was the Nam Pang.

In early 1990s, there is a major discovery rubies near Mong Hsu. Within a few years, Mong Hsu rubies constituted over 95% of faceted rubies entering world market; however, they require considerable sophisticated treatment. [3]

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