Mongsit

Mongsit State
Möngsit
State of the Shan States

17th century–1959
Möngsit State in an Imperial Gazetteer of India map
Capital Mongsit
History
  State founded 17th century
  Abdication of the last Myoza 1959
Area
  1901 784.76 km2 (303 sq mi)
Population
  1901 9,013 
Density 11.5 /km2  (29.7 /sq mi)

Mongsit or Möngsit (also known as Maingseik) was small state of the Shan States in what is today Burma.[1]

History

The capital and residence of the Myoza was Mongsit town, located in the northern part of the state and with 1,223 inhabitants according to the 1901 Census of India. The northern half of Mongsit was irrigated by the Nam Teng and the southern by the Nam Pawn[2]

Rulers

The rulers of Mongsit bore the title of Myoza.[3]

Myozas

References

Coordinates: 20°33′N 98°37′E / 20.550°N 98.617°E / 20.550; 98.617


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