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{{Short description|Town in Kachin State, Myanmar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{About|the present town|the historical Shan state|Mongkawng|the village in [[Mingin Township]]|Mogaung, Mingin|}}
{{Infobox settlement
|settlement_type = Town
|native_name = {{my|မိုးကောင်း}} ({{shn|မိူင်းၵွင်း}})
|official_name = Mogaung
|pushpin_label_position = bottom
|pushpin_map = Burma
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Burma
|image_skyline = Moengkaung.jpg
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{Flag|Myanmar}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Burma|Division]]
|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Kachin State}}
|subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Burma|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Mohnyin District]]
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = [[Mogaung Township]]
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_total_km2 =
|population = 132608
|population_as_of = 2014
|population_blank1_title = Ethnicities
|population_blank2 = [[Buddhism]], [[Christianity]]
|population_blank2_title = Religions
|population_density_km2 = auto
|coordinates = {{coord|25|18|05|N|96|56|30|E|region:MM|display=inline,title}}
|leader_title = Mayor
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|timezone = [[Time in Burma|MST]]
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'''Mogaung''' ({{lang-my|မိုးကောင်း}} {{IPA-my|móɡáʊɰ̃|}}; ([[Shan language|Shan]]: မိူင်းၵွင်း) is a town in [[Kachin State]], [[Myanmar]]. It is situated on the [[Mandalay]]-[[Myitkyina]] [[railway line]].

== History ==
{{main|Mongkawng}}
Mogaung or '''Möngkawng''' was the name and capital (royal seat) of a relatively major one of the petty [[Shan people|Shan]] (ethnic [[Tai peoples|Tai]]) principalities. It was ruled by a ''[[saopha]]'' (Burmese: ''sawbwa''; Shan-prince of the highest rank), since that state was founded (according to legend in 58BC, under the ritual name Udiri Pale), interrupted by Chinese imperial occupations in 1479–1483 and 1495 and Burmese occupations in 1651–1742 and 1771–1775 until its annexation in 1796 by the [[Inwa|Ava]]-based [[History of Burma|kingdom of Burma]].

In June 1944 during [[World War II]] the then heavily-defended town was the site of a [[Battle of Mogaung|three-week battle]] when the 77th [[Chindits|Chindit]] Brigade under Brigadier [[Mike Calvert|Michael Calvert]], later assisted by Chinese forces of Generalissimo [[Chiang Kai-shek]], fought-for and captured Mogaung from the occupying forces of [[Imperial Japan]]. For their behaviour during the fighting two members of the [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles|3rd/6th Gurkha Rifles]], Captain [[Michael Allmand]], and Rifleman [[Tul Bahadur Pun]], were each subsequently awarded the [[Victoria Cross]], in Allmand's case, posthumously. At the time of the battle Calvert's Chindit force had been behind enemy lines for three months as part of [[Chindits#Operation_Thursday|Operation Thursday]].

== See also ==
*[[List of rulers of Shan states]]

== Sources ==
*[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Myanmar_shankaren.html WorldStatesMen – Burma/Myanmar – Shan&Karen states] (which lists the last rulers)

== External links ==
*[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/BM/4/Mogaung.html "Mogaung, Burma"] Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
*[http://www.maplandia.com/burma/kachin/mogaung/mogaung/ "Mogaung Map — Satellite Images of Mogaung"] Maplandia.com

[[Category:Township capitals of Myanmar]]
[[Category:Populated places in Kachin State]]

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