Taungup, Toungup, or Toungok is the principal town of the Taungup Township in Rakhine State in the westernmost part of Myanmar. The population is 28,652 as of 2014, while Taungup Township's population is 114,437. Taungup is the location of Taungup University, one of two universities in Rakhine. Taungup received 29.1 inches of rainfall on 21 July 2011, a record breaking amount that caused severe flooding. During the Myanmar civil war, the Arakan Army attacked the town, causing clashes around the Taungup University.