Tagaung | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Tagaung Location in Myanmar | |
| Coordinates: 23°30′N 96°2′E / 23.500°N 96.033°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| Region |  Mandalay |
| District | Thabeikkyin District |
| Township | Thabeikkyin Township |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Ethnicities | Bamar |
| • Religions | Buddhism |
| Time zone | UTC+6.30 (MMT) |
Tagaung is a town in Thabeikkyin Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar. It is situated on the east bank of the Ayeyarwady River, 127 miles north of Mandalay.[1]
Colloquially, Tagaung is thought to be the origin of the Burmese people, remembered by the adage Myanmar asa Tagaung ga (Myanmar starts from Tagaung).[2] It holds an important place in Burmese mythology through the founding myth of Burmese prehistory, written in the Tagaung Yazawin, as well as the capital of the historical Tagaung Kingdom during the first millenium CE[3][4]
Today Tagaung is a major market for salt produced at Halin, which is used to preserve fish.[5]
The town was captured by the People's Defense Force on 12 August 2024.[6]
- ^ "Tagaung - Lost cities of Myanmar". MyanmarTravelInformation.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-08.
- ^ Zeya (Anyar). "တကောင်း နီကယ်စက်ရုံကို PDF သိမ်းတဲ့အခါ" [Tagaung Neekel Factory seized by PDF]. The Irrawaddy (in Burmese).
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BHwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "PDF forces capture Tagaung Town in Mandalay Region". Burma News International. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
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