Mong La

State

Mong La is a small town in Shan State in Myanmar. It lies 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 territory within the Shan State.

The infrastructure of the town is dependent on electricity and telecommunications from China. The main currency used there is the Chinese renminbi.

At Mong La, the alternative route AH3 of the Asian highways project passes.

Special

The National Democratic Alliance Army -Eastern Shan State, an armed group that is committed to the Shan State Autonomy their headquarters here. It arose from a small remote village in the 1990s to a Myanmar version of Las Vegas.

His transvestite cabaret show attracts many tourists from China. Gambling, online gambling, prostitution and money laundering are other purposes of the Chinese visitors. Its casinos were closed in January 2005 for about a year, because there were complaints from Beijing. There are 700-1000 visitors per day. It has a history of rapid expansion and declining economy since the late 2000s.

Unfortunately, blooms in Mong La and the legal and illegal trade in exotic animals and animal body parts. Mong La is also the home of the Drug Eradication Museum aka "The Opium Free Zone Museum ", the entrance is free.