Tagundaing or Ta Khun Taing (, ; Phlone: ; th, ดะกูนไดง์ ; ko, 타군다잉; russian: Тагундайн, also spelled Tagondaing) is a large

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in the

Kayin State Kayin State ( my, ကရင်ပြည်နယ်, ; kjp, ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့်, italics=no; ksw, ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်, ), also known by the endonyms Kawthoolei and Karen State, is a state of Myanmar. The ...

of south-eastern

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

, located near the west bank of the

Winyaw River The Winyaw River ( my, ဝင်းရော်မြစ်) is a river in southern part of Myanmar. It originates in Tenasserim Range and empties into the Ataran River at the village of Chaunghanakwa. Death Railway The Burma Railway, also ...

and the west of the

Kyain Seikgyi Township Kyainseikgyi Township ( Phlone: ; my, ကြာအင်းဆိပ်ကြီးမြို့နယ်, ) is a township of Kawkareik District in the Kayin State of Myanmar. It is the fourth-biggest township in Kayin State. The two main sub-to ...

Kawkareik District Kawkareik District ( Phlone ; ; also called Dooplaya in Karen language) is a district of the Karen State in Myanmar. It consists of 4 towns; Kawkareik, the capital, Kyainseikgyi, Kyondoe, Payathonzu and Kyaikdon; and 552 villages. The population ...

. The population as of the 2014 census was 4,994. Most of the residents are of the Karen (Kayin) ethnic group. The people in this village speak Kayin and

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

languages. Nearby towns and villages include

Kale Kale (), or leaf cabbage, belongs to a group of cabbage (''Brassica oleracea'') cultivars grown for their edible leaves, although some are used as ornamentals. Kale plants have green or purple leaves, and the central leaves do not form a head ...

(3.4 nm)north,

Htimahto Htimahto ( Phlone: ; my, ထိမံထို) is a village in the Kayin State of the southernmost part of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in ...

(6.4 nm)south-east, Phayanasu (7.1 nm)north,

Kawankathaung Kawankathaung"Kawankathaung (Approved)" , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is a village in the Kawkareik District of the Kayin State, Myanmar, located on the east bank of the Winyaw River The Winyaw River ( my, ဝင်း ...

(7.1 nm)east, Hlagazaing (7.5 nm)north,

Myohaung Mrauk U ( ) is a town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is the capital of Mrauk-U Township, a subregion of the Mrauk-U District. Mrauk U is of great cultural importance to the local Rakhine (Arakanese) people, and is the location of many ...

(7.9 nm)north,

Phathalē Phathalē ( ) is a village in the Kyain Seikgyi Township, Kawkareik District, Kayin State of south-eastern part of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ e ...

(8.7 nm)east and

Akalaw Akalaw ( ) is a village in Kyain Seikgyi Township, Kawkareik District, in the Kayin State of Myanmar. It is near the convergence of the Winyaw The Winyaw were a Native American tribe living near Winyah Bay, Black River, and the lower course of ...

(11.0 nm)east.

Etymology

In the Kayin, the word ''Somohto'' () means

monumental column A victory column, or monumental column or triumphal column, is a monument in the form of a column, erected in memory of a victorious battle, war, or revolution. The column typically stands on a base and is crowned with a victory symbol, such as a ...

or flagstaff. Thus, the village name of "'Tagundaing'" was derived from the local Kayin.

History

The name of the village gets its name from a

or flagstaff located in the village centre. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, the villagers worked on the construction of the Burma-Siam railroad with their

cart A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals. A handcart is pulled or pushed by one or more people. It is different from the flatbed tr ...

as forced labourers.

Transport

*The main artery road in the region is the

Tagondaing Tagundaing or Ta Khun Taing (, ; Phlone: ; th, ดะกูนไดง์ ; ko, 타군다잉; russian: Тагундайн, also spelled Tagondaing) is a large village in the Kayin State of south-eastern Myanmar, located near the west bank of ...

-Phayanasu-Taungkalay Road, which is long. It is connected by road to

Kyainseikgyi Kyainseikgyi ( Phlone: ; my, ကြာအင်းဆိပ်ကြီးမြို့; ) is a town in Kayin State, Myanmar, located on the eastern side of the Zami River. It is the administrative center of the Kyain Seikgyi Township Kyainseik ...

Mudon Mudon ( my, မုဒုံမြို့; mnw, မိုဟ်ပ္ဍုၚ်) is a town in the Mon State of south-east Myanmar, south of Mawlamyine. Mudon lies along the highway that links Mawlamyine to Thanbyuzayat, Kyaik-kami (Amherst ...

and via

Mawlamyine Mawlamyine (also spelled Mawlamyaing; , ; th, เมาะลำเลิง ; mnw, မတ်မလီု, ), formerly Moulmein, is the fourth-largest city in Myanmar (Burma), ''World Gazetteer'' south east of Yangon and south of Thaton, at th ...

*The second main road is

Taungdi Taungdi, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency kjp, တံင့်တီႋ; my, တောင်ဒီး ) is a large village in Kyain Seikgyi Township, Kawkareik District, in the Kayin State of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK ...

Kyongawon Kyongawon ( my, ကျုံခဝန်) is a village in Kyain Seikgyi Township, Kawkareik District, in the Kayin State of Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicat ...

Phabya Phabya (; ; ) is a large village in Kyain Seikgyi Township of Kawkareik District, Kayin State, south-eastern Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even i ...

Road, it is connected

Thanbyuzayat Thanbyuzayat ( my, သံဖြူဇရပ်မြို့; mnw, ဇြပ်ဗု, "Reid, Robert and Grosberg, Michael (2005) ''Myanmar (Burma)'' (9th edition) Lonely Planet Publications, Footscray, Victoria, Australiapage 159 ) is a town in ...

Payathonzu Payathonzu (; my, ဘုရားသုံးဆူမြို့ (Payathonzu Myo) is a town in the Karen State of south Myanmar, close to the border with Thailand. It is separated from the Thai border township of Nong Lu by the Three Pagodas ...

Road(or Burmese-Siam Railroad), via Tanyin village., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Tagundaing_-_Abit_RD

*Five miles by road to the west of village lie Abit village west of the

Tenasserim Range The Tenasserim Hills or Tenasserim Range ( my, တနင်္သာရီ တောင်တန်း, ; th, ทิวเขาตะนาวศรี, , ; ms, Banjaran Tanah Seri/Banjaran Tenang Sari) is the geographical name of a r ...

, which road is connected to

National Highway 8 The following highways are numbered 8. For roads numbered A8, see list of A8 roads. For roads numbered N8, see list of N8 roads. Route 8, or Highway 8, may refer to: International * Asian Highway 8 * European route E08 * European route E008 ...

. Two miles is compacted. *Ta Khun Taing - Kawan Ka Thaung Road is about two miles long, cross the

Economy

It is a primary agricultural village, with extensive fields around it. The village's economy is mainly based on

rice Rice is the seed of the grass species '' Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly '' Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and ''Porteresia'', both wild and domestica ...

rubber Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Thailand, Malaysia, a ...

and

trade Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct exch ...

Education

Tagundaing has one public high school, one public post-primary school and four public primary schools. * Basic Education High School Tagondaing *Post-Primary School (It is a post-primary school that is not a full middle school), formerly "No. 4 Basic Education Primary School" *No. 1 Basic Education Primary School *No. 2 Basic Education Primary School *No. 3 Basic Education Primary School *Basic Education Primary School (Tagundaing New Quarter)

Healthcare

Kale-Tagundaing Station Hospital Kale - Tagondaing Station Puplic Hospital ( my, ခလယ် - တံခွန်တိုင်တိုက်နယ် ပြည်သူ့ဆေးရုံ , also spelled as Khale - Tagundaing Station Hospital) is a public hospital in Kale, ...

serves the people of

and its surrounding areas.

Climate

* Tagundaing has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...

''Am''). Temperatures are hot throughout the year, although maximum temperatures in the monsoon months are depressed by heavy cloud and rain. There is a winter dry season (November–April) and a summer wet season (May–October). Torrential rain falls from June to September, with over falling in August alone.

Geography

* Tagundaing or

is located on the eastern side of the

near the confluence of two tributaries of the

Ataran River Ataran River is a river of Burma (most of its course) and Thailand (the uppermost part). In Thailand, it is usually known as the Kasat River. It merges into the larger Gyaing River and Salween River near the city of Mawlamyine. A main tributar ...

Places of interest

* Mahniyadanar Sandawshin Pagoda Padama Lotus 04

* White Padma lotus and many other families harvest plants such as the

grass Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in law ...

, can be found in this area.

Gallery

File:Tagondaing A Shit Kyung.jpg, Wonnral Awar Dhammayone (Chapels)

Notes

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References

External links

* *
"Tagundaing Map — Satellite Images of Tagundaing"
Maplandia World Gazetteer
Tagondaing, Karen State, Myanmar

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"Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, NE 47-14, Moulmein"
U.S. Army May Service, December 1959

Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
''Tagundaing Weather''
in mirbig.net
''Tagundaing (Burma)''
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Tagundaing Weather Forecast
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