Mandalay

Mandalay (Burmese: ) is the second largest city (2000 pop. est. 801,707) and former royal capital of Myanmar (formerly Burma), and capital of the current Mandalay Division. The city is bordered by the Ayeyarwady River and is located at , 716 km north of Yangon. It is in the center of Myanmar's dry zone.

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Founded in 1857 by King Mindon, Mandalay was the last capital (1860-1885) of the last independent Burmese Kingdom before annexation by the British after the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1885.

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Unlike other Burmese towns, Mandalay did not grow from a smaller settlement to town proportions. Mandalay was set up in an empty area at the foot of 236 meter Mandalay Hill because of a prophecy made by the Buddha that in that exact place a great city, metropolis of Buddhism, would come into existence on occasion of the 2,400th jubilee of Buddhism.

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Myanmar: The Union of Myanmar, formerly the Union of Burma, is the largest country (in geographical area) in mainland Southeast Asia. It is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the north, Laos on the east, Thailand on the south east, Bangladesh on the west, and India on the north west, with the Anda...

Mandalay Division: Mandalay Division is an administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the west, Shan State to the east, and Bago Division and Kayin State to the south. The capital is Mandalay....

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