Mongyang State

Mongyang State
State of the Shan States
bf. 14th century–1604

Mongyang (Mohnyin) in a map of the Toungoo Kingdom
CapitalMohnyin
History 
• Möngyang state established
bf. 14th century
• Annexed by the Kingdom of Burma
1604
Succeeded by
Taungoo Dynasty
Today part ofMohnyin District, Myanmar

Mongyang or Möngyang (Burmese: မိုးညှင်း, romanizedMohnyin; also known as Mong Yang; Thai: เมือง​ยาง) was a Shan state in what is today Burma. It was an outlying territory, located away from the main Shan State area in present-day Kachin State. The state existed before 1400 and after 1604. The main town was Mohnyin (Mong Yang).