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Mong La or Mongla ((ビルマ語:မိုင်းလား); ), also known as ''Little Mong La'' or ''Xiaomengla'' (小勐拉) to distinguish from neighboring Chinese Mengla County, is the administrative seat of Mong La Township in Shan State, Burma. Mongla is located opposite Dalou, a Chinese border town in Yunnan Province, and approximately from Mae Sai, a border town of Thailand,〔(Mong La )〕 and approximately northeast of Kengtung.〔(Mong La )〕 Although technically the town is in Myanmar, electricity, telecommunications, infrastructure works, as well as imports and exports are dependent on China.〔 The main currency used in Mong La is the Chinese yuan.〔 ==History== Mong La emerged from a small remote village in the 1990s to become a local version of Las Vegas.〔Asia Times Online, (Virtual gambling in Myanmar's drug country ), Michael Black and Roland Fields, Aug 26, 2006〕 The National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) operates in the Mong La area. Mong La casinos were closed down in January 2005 for about a year because of complaints from the PRC Government.〔(Thailand ), China Williams〕 There has been an increase in illegal wildlife trafficking in the region.〔Star Publications (Mongla escapade ), LIZ PRICE, February 12, 2011 〕〔(Mong La and the Kokang Incident ) 2 February 2010〕 Mongla has a history of rapid expansion, but in the late 2000s, its economy was in decline.〔http://www.rabbitadvocacy.com/investigating_the_illegal_wildli.htm〕 The tourism from Thailand to Mong La resumed in 2012 after the signing of new cease fire agreement between the Burmese military government and the Mong La NDAA group in September 2011.〔Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) (Mongla to be reopened for tourists from Thailand ) 21 March 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mong La」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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