Taungoo (Toungoo) is a city in the Bago Division of Myanmar, located 220 km from Yangon, towards the northern end of the division, with mountain ranges to both east and west. The main industry is in forestry products, with teak and other hardwoods extracted from the mountains. The city is also known for its areca palms, to the extent that a Burmese proverb for unexpected good fortune is equated to a “betel lover winning a trip to Taungoo”. Bago Division is an administrative divisionof Myanmar, located in the southern portion of the country. ... Yangon, Myanmar Yangon (Burmese: ရန္‌ကုန္‌, formerly Rangoon, is the capital and largest city of Myanmar (formerly Burma). ... A decidous beech forest in Slovenia. ... Species Tectona grandis Tectona hamiltoniana Tectona philippinensis Teak (Tectona) is a genus of tropical hardwood trees in the family Verbenaceae, native to the south and southeast of Asia, and is commonly found as a component of monsoon forest vegetation. ... Beech is a typical temperate zone hardwood The term hardwood designates wood from angiosperm trees. ... Species (Betel nut palm) and about 50 more Areca is a genus of about 50 species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests from Malaysia to the Solomon Islands. ... Binomial name Piper betle L. The Betel (Piper betle) is a spice whose leaves have medicinal properties. ...
King Mingyinyo founded Taungoo (Kaytumadi) in 1510 AD. Although few visible historic remains survive, Taungoo was once the capital of one of the most powerful post-Bagan Burmese kingdoms, over which seven kings reigned for a period of 155 years. All the four sides of the brick city wall remain, with the exception of the part of the southern wall. The 9.6 m wide moat is dried up, except in some of its sections on the eastern side, where it is purposely kept and properly maintained. Pagan (also known as Bagan) was an important ancient kingdom in Myanmar. ... The moated manor house of Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire, England Moats were deep and wide water-filled trenches, to provide a barrier against attack upon castle ramparts or other fortifications. ...
The eastern portion of Taungoo district in home to many Karen. Karen can refer to the Karen people of south-east Asia. ...
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