Taungup Township

Taunggoke Township တောင်ကုတ်မြို့နယ် Taungup Township
Township
Location in Thandwe district
Coordinates (the geographic center of the township): 19°0′0″N 94°22′30″E
Country	Myanmar
State	Rakhine State
District	Taungup District
Capital	Taungup
Area
• Total	2,057.25 sq mi (5,328.3 km^2)
Elevation	18 ft (5 m)
Population  (2023)[1]	159,163
• Ethnicities	Rakhine Chin
• Religions	Buddhism
Time zone	UTC+6:30 (MMT)

Taungup Township (Burmese: တောင်ကုတ်မြို့နယ်) is a coastal township of Taungup District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The town is Taungup. The township has three towns, the principal town Taungup, Ma-Ei and Thanlwe Ywama, comprising a total of 14 urban wards as well as 52 village tracts grouping together 203 villages.[1]

In 2014, the township had a population 114,437 people.[2] In 2019, the population grew to 154,239 people.[3]

In 2022, Taungup District was formed, consisting of Taungup Township and Manaung Township. Prior to the new district's formation, the township was part of Thandwe District.[4]

Towns

Ma-Ei is located on the northern border of the township with Ann Township.[5] the town has a sixteen bed hospital.[6]

Thanlwe Ywama has town status as of 2023,[1] but did not in 2019.[3]

Other settlements

Principle villages include:[5]

• 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.
• kindoung
• tayaba
• kyepyin
• Pauk Inn

References

1. General Administration Department (March 2023). Taunggauk Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya တောင်ကုတ်မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Taungup Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). General Administration Department. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
2. Census Report (PDF) (Report). 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Taungup: Department of Population Ministry of Immigration and Population. April 2018.
3. Myanmar Information Management Unit (September 2019). Taunggoke Myone Daethasaingyarachatlatmya ရေကြည်မြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Taungup Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). MIMU. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
4. "Ann and Taungup designated as districts". Development Media Group. 8 March 2022.
5. 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.
6. Nay Pyi Taw (December 2015). "Annual Hospital Statistics Report 2013" (PDF). Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health. p. 138.

External links

• Toungup Township - Rakhine State (PDF) (Map). Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU). 3 May 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 December 2016.