Thaton District

Thaton District (Burmese: သတုံခရိုင်, Thădoun Hkăyaing) is a district of Mon State in Myanmar, and is bordered by Bago District and Hpapun District in the north, Hpa-An District of Kayin State in the east, Moulmein District to the south, and the Gulf of Martaban to the west.

The capital is Thaton, which is located in the centre of the district. The district has a population of 879,625 people.

Geography
The district consists mostly of a flat coastal plain on the eastern edge of the Gulf of Martaban. There are some linear hills in the east and mountains in the north, where the Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda is located. It is seperated from Moulmein District in the south by the Salween River.

Transport
National Highway 8 and the Southern Railway traverse the length of the district north-to-south between Bago and Moulmein.