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'''Toungoo''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_427.gif Toungoo District] in the Tenasserim Division of Lower Burma during the British period. It was situated on the Rangoon-Mandalay Railway, part of the [[Burma Railway]], 166 miles from Rangoon, and 220 miles from Mandalay. Up until 1893, Toungoo was an important cantonment.
==Spelling variants==
Modern name: Taungoo<br>
Variants: Toungoo/Tonngoo/Tongo/Tounghoo/ Tonghoo /Toung-Ngoo/Taung-ngu
== History ==
==== Historical books on-line ====
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/436/mode/2up "Tonghoo"] page 436 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/britishburmagaze02spea#page/806/mode/1up "Toung-Ngoo"] ''The British Burma Gazetteer'', page 806, published 1879 Archive.org
