Taungup Township

Taungup/Taunggoke/Taungoke Township တောင်ကုတ်မြို့နယ်
Township
State	Rakhine State
District	Thandwe District
Time zone	MST (UTC+6:30)

Taungup or Toungup Township (Burmese: တောင်ကုတ်မြို့နယ်) is a township of Thandwe District in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The principal town is Taungup. 10 Muslims were killed during a riot at there in June 2012 after increasing tension between Muslims and Rakhine when a Rakhine girl was gang raped and murdered allegedly by 3 Muslims near Ramree in May 2012.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-myanmar-violencebre8530cw-20120604,0,3703361.story

Rakhine State

Capital: Sittwe

Sittwe District	Sittwe Township Ponnagyun Township Mrauk-U Township Kyauktaw Township Minbya Township Myebon Township Pauktaw Township Rathedaung Township

Maungdaw District	Maungdaw Township Buthidaung Township

Kyaukpyu District	Kyaukpyu Township Manaung Township Ramree Township Ann Township

Thandwe District	Thandwe Township Toungup Township Gwa Township

Main cities and towns	Sittwe Ponnagyun Mrauk-U Kyauktaw Minbya Myebon Pauktaw Rathedaung Maungdaw Buthidaung Kyaukpyu Manaung Ramree Ann Thandwe Toungup Gwa

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