Mong Yawng District

This article is about the township and district. For the town, see Mong Yawng. For the former state, see Mongyawng State.

Mong Yawng Township (Shan: ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းယွင်း, Burmese: မိုင်းယောင်းမြို့နယ်) is the only township of Mong Yawng District (Shan: ၸႄႈတွၼ်ႈမိူင်းယွင်း, Burmese: မိုင်းယောင်းခရိုင်) in eastern Shan State. It is the easternmost township of Myanmar. The principal town is Mong Yawng.

Mong Yawng Township Mong Yawng District ၸႄႈဝဵင်းမိူင်းယွင်း, မိုင်းယောင်းမြို့နယ် ၸႄႈတွၼ်ႈမိူင်းယွင်း, မိုင်းယောင်းခရိုင်
Township and District
Location in Shan State
Coordinates: 21°11′0″N 100°22′0″E
Country	Myanmar
State	Shan State
District	Mong Yawng District
Capital	Mong Yawng
Population
• Ethnicities	Shan
• Religions	Theravada Buddhism
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

History

Mongyawng State (Möngyawng) was one of the Shan States, largely inhabited by Wa people. It was annexed by Kengtung State in 1815. The capital was the town of Mong Yawng.^[1][2]

Prior to 2011, it was part of the Mong Hpayak District. In 2022, Mong Yawng Township was promoted to its own district by the Ministry of Home Affairs splitting off from Tachileik District.^[3][4]

Today, the district only has one township - Mong Yawng Township and its informal subdivision the Mong Yu Subtownship.^[5] The township is mostly part under Shan State Special region 4 administration, especially the Mong Yu Subtownship, where it is known as Nanban District.^[6]