Homein
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|official_name = Homein
|other_name = Homong / Ho Mong / Wān Ho-möng
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|settlement_type = Town
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|subdivision_name1 = Shan State
|subdivision_type2 = District
|subdivision_name2 = Langkho District
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Langkho Township
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|area_total_sq_mi = 0.102
|population = 3842
|population_as_of = 2023
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Homein ({{langx|my|ဟိုမိန်းမြို့}}, MLCTS: hui.min.mrui)[http://www.themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/Tsp_Map_VL_Langkho_Shan_MIMU154v03_28Nov2013_A1.pdf Myanmar Information Management Unit - Langkho Township, Shan State] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922143149/http://www.themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/Tsp_Map_VL_Langkho_Shan_MIMU154v03_28Nov2013_A1.pdf |date=2015-09-22 }} also known as Homong, Homöng, Ho Mong and Wān Ho-möng,{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/14924614|title=Wān Ho-möng|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=22 May 2016}} is a village in Langkho Township, Langkho District, southern Shan State, Myanmar. The town is the namesake town of Homein Subtownship, an unofficial subdivision of Langkho Township. The town itself is subdivided into 3 wards, simply numbered from one to three. The most populous ward is Ward One with 1,909 people as of 2023.
Geography
Though there are no legal crossings, Homein lies in a porous mountainous area, 15 km northeast of Loi Lan mountain and 5.7 km west from the border with Mae Hong Son Province of Thailand. The Salween River to the immediate north isolates this region somewhat from the rest of the nation, a road (dubious quality) connects from Langkho to onward points.
History
Owing to its location east of the Salween and the lack of adequate roads this village was of difficult access for the operations of the Tatmadaw. Beginning in 1985 it served as the headquarters of different Shan insurgent groups,{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/sua.htm|title=Shan United Army (SUA) - Mong Tai Army (MTA)|work=GlobalSecurity|accessdate=26 May 2016}} such as the Mong Tai Army —until 1996 when this group ceased operations, the Shan State National Army and the Shan State Army - South.[https://democracyforburma.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/burma-myanmar-14-military-trucks-arrived-in-homong-opposite-maehongson-on-3-march/ BURMA MYANMAR: 14 military trucks arrived in Homong, opposite Maehongson, on 3 March] At that time the village also became a drug traffic hub{{Cite web |url=http://www.burmanet.org/news/2006/03/31/shan-herald-agency-for-news-biz-hub-moves-to-mandalay/ |title=Shan Herald Agency for News: Biz hub moves to Mandalay, Fri 31 Mar 2006 |access-date=26 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624183252/http://www.burmanet.org/news/2006/03/31/shan-herald-agency-for-news-biz-hub-moves-to-mandalay/ |archive-date=24 June 2016 |url-status=usurped }} where drug kingpin Khun Sa found security and carried his deals with impunity.
{{quote|Khun Sa was probably one of the most colorful and controversial figures on the Myanmar drug scene. Despite being indicted on drug trafficking charges by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn, New York, in January 1990, he continued to live comfortably at his then headquarters at Homong near the Thai border opposite Mae Hong Son...By then he was officially the most wanted man in the world, indicted by the United States and referred to by then-US ambassador to Thailand William Brown as "the worst enemy the world has"...{{cite web|url=http://factsanddetails.com/southeast-asia/Myanmar/sub5_5g/entry-3078.html|title=Golden Triangle drug Lords: Khun Sa, Lo Hsing Han, Miss Hairy Legs and the Wa State Army|work=Facts and Details|accessdate=26 May 2016}}; Bertil Lintner, in Asia Online; November 1, 2007}}
Further reading
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160610033830/http://www.themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/State_Map_Tsp_Shan_State_South_MIMU182v04_02Jul2015_Topo_A3.pdf Map - Districts of Shan (South) State]}}
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100601200223/http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/chronology.asp?groupId=77507 Chronology for Shans in Myanmar (Burma)]}}