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Mong La or Mongla (Burmese: မိုင်းလား), also known as Mengla (Chinese: 勐拉, Měnglā), is the capital of Mong La District and the administrative seat of Mong La Township in Shan State, Myanmar. Mong La is opposite Daluo [zh], a Chinese border town in Yunnan Province, It is about 258 kilometres (160 mi) from the Thai border town of Mae Sai and 80 kilometres (50 mi) north-east of Kengtung, Myanmar. Although Mong La is in Myanmar, its electricity, telecommunications, other infrastructure, and trade flows are dependent on China.[2] The main currency used in Mong La is the Chinese yuan.[3] Burmese Maing La (မိုင်းလား, [máɪɰ̃lá]) and Chinese Měnglā (勐拉, [mɤŋlä]) are transcriptions of a Tai name spoken as Miunglaa (မိူင်းလႃး) in Shan and Mueang La (ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦟᦱᧉ) in Tai Lue. Local Chinese also refer to the Burmese town as "Little" or "Lesser Mong La" (小勐拉, Xiǎo Měnglā) to distinguish it from "Big" or "Greater" Mengla County in China, with a population of over 300,000. Mengla Town [zh] in Jinping Coun

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