Taungup, Toungup, or Taunggoke (Burmese: တောင်ကုတ်မြို့) is the principal town of the Taungup Township and Taunggup District in Rakhine State, western Myanmar.

[3] The university is officially called Taunggoke Degree College.

[4] Taungup received 29.1 inches of rainfall on 21 July 2011, a record breaking amount that caused severe flooding.

[5][6] During the Myanmar civil war, the Arakan Army attacked the town, causing clashes around the Taunggoke University.

[7] On 14 December 2024, AA captured the town.