Mong Hpayak

Mong Hpayak
Mong Hpayak

Location in Burma

Coordinates: 20°52′35″N 99°55′23″E / 20.87639°N 99.92306°E / 20.87639; 99.92306Coordinates: 20°52′35″N 99°55′23″E / 20.87639°N 99.92306°E / 20.87639; 99.92306
Country Burma (Myanmar)
Division Shan State
Districts Mong Hpayak
Township Mong Hpayak
Population
  Religions Buddhism
Time zone MST (UTC+6.30)
WOEID 1017631

Mong Hpayak[1] (also Mong Hpyak, Mongphyat, Maingbyat, Meng-pen-ma; Mong is equivalent to Mueang) is a town in Mong Hpayak District of Shan State of Myanmar. It is the principal town of and administrative center for both the district and Mong Hpayak Township. The town is located on the TachilekKengtung paved road.[2] As of 2005, a paved road was under construction from Mong Hpayak east to Mong Yawng.[2]

Notes

  1. "Möng Hpāyāk (Approved)" Mong Hpayak at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. 1 2 "Road Construction in Shan State: A Lucrative Way to Turn Illegal Drug Profits into Legal Revenues" Undercurrents: Monitoring Development on Burma’s Mekong January 2005: pages 12-13

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