Mong La
| မိုင်းလား Mong La |
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| Coordinates | 21 ° 40 ′ N , 100 ° 2 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Myanmar | ||
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Shan state | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | MM-17 | ||
Mong La ( Burmese မိုင်းလား , BGN / PCGN : maingla; Chinese 勐 拉 , Pinyin : Měng lā) is a small town in Shan State in Myanmar . It is located about 80 km northeast of Keng Tung and directly on the border with Daluo , Menghai , Yunnan , China .
General
Mong La is the capital of Special Region No. 4, an autonomous region within Shan State.
The infrastructure of the small town is dependent on electricity and telecommunications from China. The main currency used here is the Chinese renminbi .
The alternative route AH3 of the Asian trunk road project passes Mong La .
particularities
The National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State , an armed group that campaigns for the autonomy of Shan State, has its headquarters here. The Myanmar government has no influence here. The laws of the country do not apply to her. Mong La evolved from a small remote village into a Myanmar version of Las Vegas in the 1990s .
Your transvestites - Cabaret -Show attracts many tourists from China. Gambling , online gambling, prostitution and money laundering are other occasions for visits to China. Their casinos were closed for about a year in January 2005 because of complaints from Beijing . Mong La enjoys between 700 and 1000 visitors a day and has had a history of initially rapid expansion since the late 2000s, followed by a declining economy.
Unfortunately, the legal and illegal trade in exotic animals and carcass parts is also flourishing in Mong La. What traditional Chinese medicine needs is available here . Mong La is also home to the Drug Eradication Museum - also known as the Opium Free Zone Museum - which is free to enter.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Asia Times Online: Virtual gambling in Myanmar's drug country
- ↑ Shan Herald Agency for News: “Mongla will not be pushed” ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Andrew Stanbridge in Mong La ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ irrawaddy.org: Mong La - Burma's City of Lights
- ↑ The "Burma Road"
- ↑ karlammann.ch: When it comes to medical products, the tiger penis is one of the most expensive - at 1500 dollars
