Mong Pan
Encyclopedia
Mong Pan is a town and seat of Mong Pan Township
in the southern Shan State
of Burma. To the south it borders Mae Hong Son Province
in Thailand
and lies west of the Salween River
. It lies along National Road 45
.
Mong Pan Township
Mong Pan Township is a township of Loilen District in the Shan State of Myanmar. The principal town is Mong Pan.To the south it borders Mae Hong Son Province in Thailand and lies west of the Salween River....
in the southern Shan State
Shan State
Shan State is a state of Burma . Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west. Largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area, Shan State covers 155,800 km², almost a quarter of the total...
of Burma. To the south it borders Mae Hong Son Province
Mae Hong Son Province
Most of the areas of Mae Hong Son Province are complex mountain ranges and likely still pristine virgin forest. Of the approximately 6,976,650 rai of national forest reserves, 88.02% is thought to be pristine virgin forest...
in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
and lies west of the Salween River
Salween River
The Salween is a river, about long, that flows from the Tibetan Plateau into the Andaman Sea in Southeast Asia. It drains a narrow and mountainous watershed of that extends into the countries China, Burma and Thailand. Steep canyon walls line the swift, powerful and undammed Salween, one of the...
. It lies along National Road 45
National Road 45 (Burma)
National Road 45 or State Highway 45 is a highway of eastern Burma, passing through Shan State. It connects Nansang to Mong Ton and the Thai border in the southeast.The highway is fed by the National Highway 4 at Nansang at just west of Nansang Airport...
.