Taungoo District

Taungoo District (Burmese: တောင်ငူခရိုင်, Taung-Ngu Hkăyaing) is a district of the Bago Region in Myanmar, and is bordered by Pyinmana District of the Mandalay Region to the north, Hpa-An District and Hpapun District of Kayin State to the east, Bago District to the south, and Pyay District and Tharrawaddy District to the west.

The capital is Taungoo, which is located in the centre of the district, on the right bank of the Sittaung River. The district has a population of 1,179,284 people.

Geography
Taungoo District is based around the valley of the Sittaung River, which consists of low and flat riverine plains. The valley is bounded to the west by the sparsely inhabited Bago Yoma hills, and to the east by the mountains of Shan Plateau around Thandaunggyi.

Transport
The Yangon-Mandalay Railway passes through the district with a major station in Taungoo.