Taungup
Taungup, Toungup, or Taunggoke is the principal town of the Taungup Township and Taunggup District in Rakhine State, western Myanmar. In 2014, the town had a population of 28,652.Photo: mohigan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 26,900 residents
- Description: human settlement in Myanmar
- Also known as: “Taun Gup”, “Taung-gup”, and “Taunggôk”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Taung Gup University.
Taung Gup University
University
Taungup University is a public university located in Rakhine State, Myanmar, established in 2012 to provide higher education in the region. The university is primarily attended by students from various townships in Rakhine State, such as Toungup, Ann, Ramree, Munaung, Kyaukpyu, and Gwa.
Taungup
- Categories: human settlement, town in Myanmar, residential area, and locality
- Location: Taungup Township, Thandwe District, Rakhine, Western Myanmar, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.8577° or 18° 51′ 28″ northLongitude
94.2422° or 94° 14′ 32″ eastPopulation
26,900Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
7MCPV65R+3VOpenStreetMap ID
way 243766773OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Shan—“Taungup” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “တောင်ကုတ်”
- Burmese: “တောင်ကုတ်မြို့”
- Burmese: “တောင်ကုပ်မြို့”
- Chinese: “洞鴿”
- Chinese: “洞鸽”
- Dutch: “Taungup”
- Irish: “Taungup”
- Japanese: “タウンガップ”
- Pa'o Karen: “ဝေင်ꩻတောင်ကုတ်”
- Polish: “Taungup”
- Rakhine: “တောင်ကုတ်မြို့”
- Shan: “တွင်ႇၵုပ်ႉ၊ ဝဵင်း”
- Shan: “တွင်ႇၵူၵ်ႉ”
- Shan: “ဝဵင်းတွင်ႇၵုပ်ႉ”
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