Taungup

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Taungup

Northernmost township of Sandoway District, Lower Burma, lying between 18° 38' and 19° 32' N. and 94° o' and 94° 44E., with an area of 1,510 square miles. The head-quarters are at the village of Taungup (population, 1,707), about 6 miles from the mouth of the Taungup river, which flows from the Arakan Yoma westwards into the sea almost opposite the southern extremity of the island of Ramree. With the exception of a few stretches of rice land along the river valleys, the township is a mass of hills cut up towards the coast by creeks. In 1901 it contained 225 villages, and a population of 32,948, compared with 29,088 in 1891. The inhabitants of the eastern hill areas are largely Chins. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 37 square miles, paying Rs. 40,800 land revenue.