Mongmit မိုးမိတ်နယ် | |||||||||
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State of the Shan States | |||||||||
1238–1959 | |||||||||
Mongmit State in a map of the Shan States | |||||||||
Capital | Momeik | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• 1901 | 9,225 km2 (3,562 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 44,208 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• State founded | 1238 | ||||||||
• Abdication of the last Saopha | 1959 | ||||||||
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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).[1]