Mongkung State
| Mongkung (Möngküng) | |||||
| State of the Shan States | |||||
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| History | |||||
| • | State founded | 1835 | |||
| • | Abdication of the last Saopha | 1959 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1901 | 2,650 km2(1,023 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1901 | 30,482 | |||
| Density | 11.5 /km2 (29.8 /sq mi) | ||||
Mongkung or Möngküng (Burmese: Maingkaing) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It belonged to the Eastern Division of the Southern Shan States. Its capital was Mong Kung, in the valley of the Nam Teng. The largest minority were Palaung people.
Mongkung state was founded in ancient times as Langkavadi. In 1835, after the British annexed Upper Burma and established their rule in the region, Mongkung had been formerly a feudatory state of Hsenwi.
The rulers of Mongkung bore the title Myoza in 1835-54 and 1863–73; Saopha in 1854-63 and from 1873.
Coordinates: 21°36′N 97°31′E / 21.600°N 97.517°E
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