Taungoo or Toungoo (Burmese: တောင်ငူမြို့ ) is a town in Burma, capital of the homonymous district in Bago Region. Within the district, it is the capital of the homonymous township. In 2014 it had a population of 108 589 inhabitants, about two-fifths of the municipal population. The locality was founded in 1279 by the kingdom …