Taungup Township

Toungup Township
တောင်ကုတ်မြို့နယ်
Taungup Township
Taunggoke Township
Taungoke Township
Township
Coordinates (the geographic center of the township): 19°0′0″N 94°22′30″E / 19.00000°N 94.37500°E / 19.00000; 94.37500Coordinates: 19°0′0″N 94°22′30″E / 19.00000°N 94.37500°E / 19.00000; 94.37500
State Rakhine State
District Thandwe District
Population (2014)[1] 114,437
Time zone UTC+6:30 (MST)

Taungup or Toungup Township (Burmese: တောင်ကုတ်မြို့နယ်) is a coastal township of Thandwe District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The administrative centre and principal town is Toungup. The only other town is Ma-Ei.[2][3]

Principle villages include:[2]

  • Kan Pyin,
  • Kyauk Seik Taung,
  • Let Pan Kyun,
  • Maung,
  • Moe Kyauk Gyi Kwin,
  • Myo Taung Gyi,
  • Nat Maw,
  • Nga Lone Maw,
  • Pa Dar,
  • Sa Lu,
  • Tar Ye,
  • Taung,
  • Thin Chi Kaing,
  • Te Mauk, and
  • Zee Kwin.

References

  1. "Rakhine Census by Township: 17. Rakhine State, Thandwe District, Taungup Township". The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Rakhine State. Department of Population, Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, The Republic of the Union of Myanmar. 2015. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 Community Based ECCD Centres in Toungup Township (PDF) (Map). Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU). 25 February 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2016.
  3. Ma-Ei has a sixteen bed hospital. Nay Pyi Taw (December 2015). "Annual Hospital Statistics Report 2013" (PDF). Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health. p. 138.
  • Toungup Township - Rakhine State (PDF) (Map). Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU). 3 May 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 December 2016.
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