Toungoo

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Toungoo is a historic city in Myanmar that served as the capital of a powerful Burmese dynasty and a key military and trading center in the region.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Toungoo canonical 11
Taungoo 8
Ava-based Toungoo Kingdom 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
historical city ⓘ
administrativeStatus district-level city ⓘ
associatedDynasty Toungoo Dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith Bayinnaung ⓘ
Mingyinyo ⓘ
Tabinshwehti ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
countryCapitalOf Toungoo Dynasty ⓘ
economy agricultural trade ⓘ
timber trade ⓘ
ethnicGroups Bamar ⓘ
Karen ⓘ
formerName Taungoo ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo
hasHeritage Burmese architecture ⓘ
Theravada Buddhist monuments ⓘ
hasLandmark Shwesandaw Pagoda (Toungoo) ⓘ
Toungoo Palace site ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo city walls

Toungoo city walls ⓘ
historicalEra 16th century ⓘ
historicalEvent expansion under King Bayinnaung ⓘ
foundation of Second Burmese Empire ⓘ
historicalRole important trading center in Myanmar ⓘ
major military center in Myanmar ⓘ
knownFor city walls ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ
historic pagodas ⓘ
role in Burmese unification ⓘ
languageMajority Burmese language ⓘ
linked to: Burmese
locatedIn Bago Region ⓘ
Lower Myanmar ⓘ
Mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Sittang River ⓘ
linked to: Sittaung River
nearbyGeographicFeature Bago Yoma ⓘ
partOf Burmese kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Burma
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
religionMajority Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
romanization Taungoo ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo
servedAs capital of Toungoo Dynasty ⓘ
royal capital of Burma ⓘ
strategicImportance gateway between Upper and Lower Burma ⓘ
link between Burma and Shan States ⓘ
link between Burma and Siam ⓘ
timeZone Myanmar Standard Time ⓘ
transportRole regional transport hub ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Toungoo → locatedIn → Toungoo ⓘ
Toungoo Dynasty → capital → Toungoo ⓘ
Toungoo Dynasty → namedAfter → Toungoo ⓘ
Bago Region → contains → Taungoo ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo
Hanthawaddy Kingdom → conflictWith → Toungoo Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo
Sittaung River basin → hasMajorCityInBasin → Taungoo ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo
Toungoo → formerName → Taungoo ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo
Toungoo → romanization → Taungoo ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo
Battle of Toungoo → location → Toungoo ⓘ
subject linked to: Takehara Saburo
House of Alaungpaya → precededBy → House of Taungoo ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo
Mingyi Nyo → monarchOf → Toungoo ⓘ
Mingyi Nyo → placeOfBirth → Toungoo ⓘ
Mingyi Nyo → placeOfDeath → Toungoo ⓘ
Anaukpetlun → monarchOf → Ava-based Toungoo Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo
Tabinshwehti → placeOfBirth → Toungoo ⓘ
Taungoo District → hasCapital → Taungoo ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo
Taungoo District → containsCity → Taungoo ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo
Taungoo District → administrativeCenter → Taungoo ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo
Sittaung River → nearbyCity → Taungoo ⓘ
linked to: Toungoo