It was the main town of one of the Shan States, Monghsu, known in ancient times as Hansawadi.

[2] In early 1990s, there is a major discovery rubies near Mong Hsu.

Within a few years, Mong Hsu rubies constituted over 95% of faceted rubies entering world market; however, they require considerable sophisticated treatment.

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