Taungtha[1] or Thaungtha is a town in the Mandalay Division of central Myanmar.

It located south-west of the volcanic cone[2] Mount Taungtha (1788 ft) and above the right (east) bank of the Sindewa (Sintewa) River.There are six quarters in Taungtha township.

[3] Multiple clashes took place in the town in August 2024 between the People's Defense Force and Myanmar's military.

[4] Taungtha is in the cotton growing area of Burma[5] and the China World Best Group completed a garment factory there in 2006.

[6] The main occupation of Taungtha is growing onion in the bank of Sintelwa.