Taungtha"Taungtha (Approved)" United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency or Thaungtha is a town in the

Mandalay Division Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering Sagaing Region and Magway Region to ...

of central

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. 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.Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NF 46-12 Myingyin
U.S. Army Map Service, August 1960 Taungtha is the administrative seat for

Taungtha Township Taungtha Township is a township of Myingyan District in the Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar). Its principal town and administrative seat is Taungtha. The township covers an area of and as of 2014 it had a population of 216,399 people. History ...

, and is on both the

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–

Myingyan Myingyan (, ) is a city and district in the Mandalay Division of central Myanmar, previously, it was a district in the Meiktila Division of Upper Burma. It is currently the capital of Myingyan Township and lies along the National Highway 2. , th ...

railway and the

Meiktila Meiktila (; ) is a city in central Burma on the banks of Meiktila Lake in the Mandalay Region at the junctions of the Bagan-Taunggyi, Yangon-Mandalay and Meiktila-Myingyan highways. Because of its strategic position, Meiktila is home to Myanmar Ai ...

–Myingyan highway. It is also on the Western Trunk Road from

Kyaukpadaung Kyaukpadaung ( my, ကျောက်ပန်းတောင်းမြို့ ) is a town in Mandalay Region in Central Myanmar. It lies just south-west of Mount Popa. It is the administrative seat for Kyaukpadaung Township. History The nam ...

Natogyi Natogyi is a town and seat of Natogyi Township in the Mandalay Region of central Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although on ...

Economics

Taungtha is in the cotton growing area of Burma and the China World Best Group completed a garment factory there in 2006.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
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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.)

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External links

"Taungtha Area, Mandalay Division"
map ID: MIMU536v01, creation date: 18 August 2010, Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Mandalay Region Township capitals of Myanmar {{Mandalay-geo-stub