Mandalay
Sign in to saveMandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. It is located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631 km (392 mi) north of Yangon. In 2014, the city had a population of 1,225,553.
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Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, located 392 miles north of the capital city Yangon on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River. With a population of over 1.2 million people as of 2014, it serves as a major urban center in the country.
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Place details
- Locality
- မန္တလေး
- Region
- မန္တလေးတိုင်း
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 1,208,099
- Timezone
Article
34 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early history
- Colonial Mandalay (1885–1948)
- Contemporary Mandalay (1948–present)
- Illegal Chinese immigration
- Geography
- Climate
- Cityscape
- Around the city
- Administration
- Transport
- Air
- River
- Rail
- Roads
- Buses and cars
- Demographics
- Culture
- Media
- Sports
- Sport climbing
- Economy
- Education
- Health care
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Mandalay in popular culture
- Notable people
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. It is located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631 km (392 mi) north of Yangon. In 2014, the city had a population of 1,225,553.
Mandalay was founded in 1857 by King Mindon, replacing Amarapura as the new royal capital of the Konbaung dynasty. It was Burma's final royal capital before the kingdom's annexation by the British Empire in 1885. Under British rule, Mandalay remained commercially and culturally important despite the rise of Yangon, the new capital of British Burma. The city suffered extensive destruction during the Japanese conquest of Burma in the Second World War. In 1948, Mandalay became part of the newly independent Union of Burma.