- Mong La
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Mong La is principal town of Mong La Township. it is approximately 258 km from Mae Sai, a border town of Thailand.[1] And it is approximately 80 km northeast of Kengtung.[2] It situates opposite of Dalou, a china border town of Yunnan Province. It emerged from a small remote village in 1990s to a Myanmar version of Las Vegas.[3] Its coordination is 21 39'50" N and 100 02' 24" E.[4]
Its transvestite cabaret show attracts a lot of tourist from China. Gambling, prostitution and money laundering are other purposes of Chinese visitors. Its casinos were closed down in January 2005 for about a year because of complaints from Beijing. There is an increased in illegal wildlife trafficking.[5][6] Gambling through internet is also available. There are 700-1000 visitors for each day.[7] It has a history of rapid expansion and declining of economic.[8] In late 2000s, it economic is in declining.[9]
Electricity, telecommunication infrastructure and import/export are depended on China.[10] The main currency used in there is Chinese Yuan.[11]
It is the home of Drug Eradication Museum aka "Opium Free Zone Museum" and Dway Nagara Pagoda.[12] No need to pay admission fee to Museum.[13]
References
- ^ http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/99-06/mong-la-burma.html
- ^ http://seaoverland.com/tours/cross%20countries/Chiang%20Rai-Kyaing%20Tong-Mong%20La%20Tour%20-%206%20Days%20%205%20Nights%20.html
- ^ http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/HH26Ae01.html
- ^ http://www.collinsmaps.com/maps/Myanmar/Shan/Mong-La/P801631.00.aspx
- ^ http://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?sec=lifetravel&file=/2011/2/12/lifetravel/8018967
- ^ http://everythingisdirty.com/tag/mong-la/
- ^ http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=2806
- ^ http://www.daearly.com/burma_road.htm
- ^ http://www.rabbitadvocacy.com/investigating_the_illegal_wildli.htm
- ^ http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/HH26Ae01.html
- ^ http://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?sec=lifetravel&file=/2011/2/12/lifetravel/8018967
- ^ http://seaoverland.com/tours/cross%20countries/Chiang%20Rai-Kyaing%20Tong-Mong%20La%20Tour%20-%206%20Days%20%205%20Nights%20.html
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=oc0LoROKM0MC&pg=PA366&lpg=PA366&dq=mong+la&source=bl&ots=OcRGJ0XE3r&sig=Mih1yd0qeUUdZLUlpYWmAnJHfnU&hl=en&ei=I4vzTe7WGcyGrAf04IToBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFcQ6AEwCTg8#v=onepage&q=mong%20la&f=false
Categories:- Populated places in Burma
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