Mongmit State
Mongmit or Möngmit (Tai Le: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥛᥤᥖ), also known as Momeik (Burmese: မိုးမိတ်), was a Shan state in the Northern Shan States in what is today Burma. The capital was Mongmit town. The state included the townships of Mongmit and Kodaung (Kawdaw, now Mabein Township).
Mongmit မိုးမိတ်နယ် | |||||||||
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State of the Shan States | |||||||||
1238–1959 | |||||||||
Mongmit State in a map of the Shan States | |||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 9,225 km2 (3,562 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 44208 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• State founded | 1238 | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last Saopha | 1959 | ||||||||
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