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For the ethnic group, see Taungtha people. For the language, see Rungtu. For the village in Magway Region, see Taungtha, Magway. Town in Mandalay Region, Myanmar

Thaungtha Taungtha
Town
ThaungthaLocation in Burma
Coordinates: 21°16′44″N 95°26′48″E / 21.27889°N 95.44667°E / 21.27889; 95.44667
Country	Myanmar
Division	Mandalay Region
District	Myingyan District
Township	Thaungtha Township
Population
• Religions	Buddhism
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MST)

Taungtha or Thaungtha is a town in the Mandalay Division of central Myanmar. It located south-west of the volcanic cone Mount Taungtha (1788 ft) and above the right (east) bank of the Sindewa (Sintewa) River.There are six quarters in Taungtha township. Taungtha is the administrative seat for Taungtha Township, and is on both the Taunggyi–Myingyan railway and the Meiktila–Myingyan highway. It is also on the Western Trunk Road from Kyaukpadaung to Natogyi.

Multiple clashes took place in the town in August 2024 between the People's Defense Force and Myanmar's military.

Economics

Taungtha is in the cotton growing area of Burma and the China World Best Group completed a garment factory there in 2006. The main occupation of Taungtha is growing onion in the bank of Sintelwa. Besides, there also have been cultivation of varieties of bean, corn, etc. (ref: Record of Taungtha Township.)

Notes

^ "Taungtha (Approved)" Taungtha, Mandalay at GEOnet Names Server United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Barber, Cecil Thomas (1936) The Tertiary igneous rocks of the Pakokku district and the Salingyi township of the lower Chindwin district, Burma Geological Survey of India, Calcutta, India, page 134, OCLC 11031035
^ Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NF 46-12 Myingyin U.S. Army Map Service, August 1960
"Myanmar Junta Loses Grip on Major Mandalay Region Town: Resistance". The Irrawaddy. 16 August 2024.
Hunter, William Wilson (editor) (1908) Imperial gazetteer of India, Volume 18, Moram to Nayagarh Clarendon Press, Oxford, England, page 126, Now, the economy of Taungtha is completely not depend on cotton growing. There are many cash crops are grown in Taungtha township such as onion, various kind of bean etc. OCLC 313474408
Kudo, Toshihiro (2008) "Myanmar's economic relations with China: who benefits and who pays?" pp. 87–112 In Skidmore, Monique and Wilson, Trevor (editors) (2008) Dictatorship, Disorder and Decline in Myanmar ANU E Press, Canberra, page 101, ISBN 978-1-921536-32-8

External links

"Taungtha Area, Mandalay Division" map ID: MIMU536v01, creation date: 18 August 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
Satellite map at Maplandia.com

v t e Mandalay Region
Capital: Mandalay
Kyaukse District	Kyaukse Township Myittha Township Sintgaing Township Tada-U Township
Mandalay District	Amarapura Township Aungmyethazan Township Chanayethazan Township Chanmyathazi Township Maha Aungmye Township Patheingyi Township Pyigyidagun Township
Meiktila District	Mahlaing Township Meiktila Township Thazi Township Wundwin Township
Myingyan District	Myingyan Township Natogyi Township Ngazun Township Taungtha Township
Nyaung-U District	Kyaukpadaung Township Nyaung-U Township
Pyinoolwin District	Madaya Township Mogok Township Pyinoolwin Township Singu Township Thabeikkyin Township
Yamethin District	Pyawbwe Township Yamethin Township
Main cities and towns	Amarapura Bagan Inwa Kyaukpadaung Kyaukse Madaya Mahlaing Mandalay Meiktila Mogok Myingyan Myitnge Myittha Natogyi Nganzun Nyaung-U Pyawbwe Pyinoolwin Tagaung Thabeikkyin Sintgaing Tada-U Taungtha Singu Thazi Wundwin Yamethin

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