Mong La Township

Mong La Township (Burmese: မိုင်းလားမြို့နယ်) 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.

Mong La
Township
Mong La
Location in Burma
Coordinates: 21°40′0″N 100°0′0″E
Country Burma
StateShan State
DistrictKengtong District
Elevation645 m (2,116 ft)
Time zoneUTC+6.30 (MST)

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 or Meungla are different Romanizations of the same Tai word, and both the e and the o here should be pronounced like the Scottish accent pronunciation of u in bucks. Thus, to differentiate Mengla County in China and Mong La Township/settlement 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.



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