Taungup

Taungup
Toungup
Town
Taungup is located in Myanmar
Taungup
Taungup
Location within Myanmar
Coordinates: 18°51′N 94°14′E / 18.850°N 94.233°E / 18.850; 94.233
Country Myanmar
State Rakhine State
DistrictThandwe District
TownshipTaungup Township
Population
 (2014)
28,652[1]
Time zoneUTC+6:30 (MST)

Taungup, Toungup, or Toungok (Burmese: တောင်ကုတ်မြို့) is the principal town of the Taungup Township in Rakhine State in the westernmost part of Myanmar. The population is 28,652 as of 2014, while Taungup Township's population is 114,437.[1] Taungup is the location of Taungup University, one of two universities in Rakhine.[2]

Taungup received 29.1 inches of rainfall on 21 July 2011, a record breaking amount that caused severe flooding.[3][4]

During the Myanmar civil war, the Arakan Army attacked the town, causing clashes around the Taungup University.[5]

  1. ^ a b Census Report (PDF). 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. Taungup: Department of Population Ministry of Immigration and Population. April 2018.
  2. ^ "SAC member, Union ministers attend opening ceremony of Taungup University - Global New Light of Myanmar". 28 January 2022.
  3. ^ http://www.mrtv3.net.mm/newpaper/227newsn.pdf[permanent dead link] Page 15 "Weather Forecast for 22nd July, 2011"
  4. ^ mizzima.com/news/inside-burma/5650-seven-townships-in-arakan-state-flooded-by-record-heavy-rain.html
  5. ^ "AA Launches Offensive to Capture Tanungup". Burma News International. Retrieved 8 July 2024.