Möng Kyawt, also known as Mongkyawt, is a village in Hway Aww Village Tract, Ponparkyin and Mong Ton Township of Mong Hsat District, Shan State, eastern Myanmar (Burma).
Geography Möng Kyawt is located in a mountainous area; Loi Hkilek, a high mountain is located about to the northeast of Möng Kyawt.
History At the time of the Shan States this town was the capital of Mongkyawt District,Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 407 its actual elevation is . together with Möng Tang, Möng Hang and Möng Hta, one of the four trans-Salween districts of Mongpan State formerly claimed by Thailand as unlawfully occupied by British Burma.
After having occupied parts of Burma, the Japanese Empire agreed to the Thai annexation of Kengtung State and the trans-Salween areas claimed by Thailand.Aung Tun 2009: 202 The Thai army evacuated the Shan States only in August 1945.Seekins 2006: 251
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External links Maplandia World Gazetteer