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|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=18.933333,96.433333&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=18.933333,96.433333 18.933333°N 96.433333°E]
|altitude= 49 m (160 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toungoo ToungooTaungoo Taungoo]
|stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bago_Region Bago Division]
|country=[[Burma]]
|transport=[[Burma Railway]]
}}
{{Places of Interest|title=Toungoo|name=Toungoo |link=xxxxx}}
'''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.
A [http://www.archive.org/stream/reminiscencesofi00westuoft#page/44/mode/2up/search/Tounghoo brief comment] that in 1877-8 Tounghoo was a Frontier Station<ref>
==Spelling variants==
Modern name: Taungoo<br>
Variants: Toungoo / Tonngoo Tonngo/ Tongo / Tounghoo / Tonghoo / Toung-Ngoo / Taung-ngu
== History ==
*St John the Baptist Toungoo 1870. Church of England.
*St Paul’s Toungoo 1887. Church of England. <ref>[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:282/#page/113/mode/1up Page 87] ''Wanderings in Burma'' by George W Bird 1897 Southeast Asia Visions, Cornell University</ref>
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