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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 101 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TOUNGOO , or TAUNG-NGU, a See also:

town and See also:district in the See also:Tenasserim See also:division of See also:Lower See also:Burma. The town is situated on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Sittang, 166 m. by See also:rail N. from See also:Rangoon. Pop. (1901), 15,837. From the 14th to the 16th See also:century it was the See also:capital of an See also:independent See also:kingdom. After the second Burmese See also:War it was -an important frontier station, but the troops were withdrawn in 1893. The district of Toungoo has an See also:area of 6172 sq. m.; pop. (Igor), 279,315, showing an increase of 32% in the preceding See also:decade. Three See also:mountain ranges See also:traverse the district—the See also:Pegu Yomas, the See also:Karen, and the Nat-taung or " See also:Great See also:Watershed "—all of which have a See also:north and See also:south direction, and are covered for the most See also:part with dense See also:forest. The Pegu Yomas have a See also:general See also:elevation of from Boo to 1200 ft., while the central range averages from 2000 to 3000 ft. The See also:rest of Toungoo forms the upper portion of the valley of the Sittang, the only large river in the district, the See also:chief tributaries of which are the Shwa, Hkabaung, Hpyu Thank-ye-Kat and Yank-thua-wa, all navigable for a great portion of their course. See also:Limestone appears in various places, and in the north-See also:east a See also:light See also:grey See also:marble is quarried for See also:lime.

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rivers See also:form the chief means of communication during the See also:rainy See also:season. The rainfall in 1905 was 80.30 in. There are 14 railway stations in the district. See also:Rice is the See also:staple See also:crop; there are promising plantations of See also:coffee and See also:rubber. Forests See also:cover more than 5000 sq. m., of which 1337 sq. m. have been reserved, yielding a large See also:revenue.

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