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Taungoo is a district degree metropolis inside the Bago Region of Myanmar, 220 km from Yangon, closer to the north eastern stop of the division, with mountain levels to the east and west. The main industry is in forestry merchandise, with teak and different hardwoods extracted from the mountains. The metropolis is thought for its areca arms, to the volume that a Burmese proverb for sudden accurate fortune is equated to a betel lover winning a journey to Taungoo.

Taungoo was based in 1279 inside the waning days of Pagan as part of frontier expansion southwards. After the autumn of Pagan Empire in 1287, Taungoo got here under the guideline of Myinsaing Kingdom and later Pinya Kingdom. In 1358, Taungoo effectively revolted and became unbiased till 1367 when it has become a nominal a part of the Ava Kingdom. Its rulers retained a large diploma of autonomy, gambling large Ava and Hanthawaddy kingdoms against every different. In 1470, Ava put down some other revolt and made Sithu Kyawhtin, the overall who defeated the rebellion, governor. Sithu Kyawhtin's grandson Mingyi Nyo became governor of Taungoo in 1485.

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