Mandalay

Mandalay is the second largest city, and a former capital of . The city is the economic and religious hub of upper Myanmar. The city is centred on the royal palace, and has wide avenues filled with bicycles and motorcycles.
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  • Type: City with 1,210,000 residents
  • Description: cultural city in Mandalay Region, Myanmar
  • Also known as: Ratanapura” and “Yadanabon

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mandalar Thiri Stadium and Mandalay Chanmyathazi Airport.

Stadium
is a multi-use located in Mandalay, . It located east of the Mingalar Mandalay. Its address is between 68th and 73rd, between 102A rd and 107 rd, beside of the Mandalay Football Academy.

Aerodrome
is a domestic airport in that served Mandalay and surrounding areas. It was the main airport serving Mandalay until 2000 when it was replaced by .

Buddhist temple
The is a Buddhist temple and major pilgrimage site, located southwest of Mandalay, Myanmar. The Mahamuni Image is enshrined in this temple, and originally came from .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maha Aungmye Township and Chanmyathazi Township.

Suburb
is located immediately south of downtown Mandalay, Myanmar. It is the major residential area of Mandalay. The township is bounded by the Ayeyarwady river in the west, in the north, in the south.

Suburb
is located in south-central area of Mandalay, . Chanmyathazi is bounded by the Ayeyarwady river in the west, in the north, in the south.

Suburb
is the northernmost township of Mandalay, . The township is bounded by the Ayeyarwady river in the west, Patheingyi Township in the east, in the south.

Mandalay

Latitude
21.9597° or 21° 57′ 35″ north
Longitude
96.0949° or 96° 5′ 42″ east
Population
1,210,000
Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)
IATA airport code
MDL
United Nations Location Code
MM MDL
Open location code
7MHRX35V+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26576218
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1311874
Wiki­data ID
Q185518
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mandalay” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Mandalay
  • Albanian: Mandalay
  • Arabic: ماندالاي
  • Asturian: Mandalay
  • Azerbaijani: Mandalay
  • Basque: Mandalay
  • Belarusian: Мандалай
  • Bengali: মান্দালয়
  • Breton: Mandalay
  • Bulgarian: Мандалей
  • Burmese: မန္တလေး
  • Burmese: မန္တလေးမြို့
  • Catalan: Mandalay
  • Cebuano: Mandalay (kapital sa rehiyon sa Burma)
  • Cebuano: Mandalay
  • Central Kurdish: ماندالای
  • Chechen: Мандалай
  • Chinese: 曼德勒
  • Chinese: 瓦城
  • Croatian: Mandalay
  • Czech: Mandalaj
  • Danish: Mandalay
  • Dutch: Mandalay
  • Egyptian Arabic: ماندالاى
  • Esperanto: Mandalaj
  • Esperanto: Mandalajo
  • Esperanto: Mandalay
  • Estonian: Mandalay piirkond
  • Finnish: Mandalay
  • French: Mandalay
  • Georgian: მანდალაი
  • German: Mandalay
  • Greek: Μανταλέι
  • Gujarati: માંડલે
  • Hebrew: מנדלאי
  • Hebrew: מנדליי
  • Hindi: मंदलै
  • Hindi: मांडले
  • Hindi: माण्डले
  • Hungarian: Mandalaj
  • Hungarian: Mandalay
  • Icelandic: Mandalay
  • Ido: Mandalay
  • Indonesian: Kota Mandalay
  • Indonesian: Mandalay
  • Interlingue: Mandalay
  • Irish: Mandalay
  • Italian: Mandalay
  • Japanese: マンダレー
  • Kannada: ಮಂದಲೈ
  • Kannada: ಮ್ಯಾಂಡಲೆ
  • Kashmiri: مانڈَلے
  • Kazakh: Мандалай
  • Khmer: ម៉ាន់ដាឡាយ
  • Kirghiz: Мандалай
  • Korean: 만달레
  • Korean: 만달레이
  • Lao: ມັນ​ດາ​ເລ
  • Latin: Mandalay
  • Latvian: Mandalaja
  • Latvian: Mandalay
  • Lithuanian: Mandalajus
  • Macedonian: Мандалеј
  • Malay: Mandalay
  • Malayalam: മണ്ഡലൈ
  • Marathi: मंडाले
  • Marathi: मांडले
  • Min Dong Chinese: Mandalay
  • Mongolian: Мандалай
  • Nepali: माण्डले
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mandalay
  • Norwegian: Mandalay
  • Ossetian: Мандалай
  • Pa'o Karen: ဝေင်ꩻမန်ႏတလေꩻ
  • Persian: ماندالی
  • Polish: Mandalaj
  • Polish: Mantale
  • Portuguese: Mandalai
  • Portuguese: Mandalay
  • Romanian: Mandalay
  • Russian: Мандалай
  • Scots: Mandalay
  • Serbian: Mandalay
  • Serbian: Mandalej
  • Serbian: Мандалеј
  • Shan: တႃႈလိူဝ်ႇ၊ ဝဵင်း
  • Shan: တႃႈလိူဝ်ႇ
  • Shan: ဝဵင်းတႃႈလိူဝ်ႇ
  • Silesian: Mandalaj
  • Sinhala: මැන්ඩලේ
  • Slovak: Mandalaj
  • Slovenian: Mandalaj
  • Spanish: Mandalay
  • Swedish: Mandalay (regionhuvudort i Burma)
  • Swedish: Mandalay
  • Tamil: மண்டலை
  • Telugu: మాండలే
  • Thai: มัณฑะเลย์
  • Thai: มานดะเล
  • Turkish: Mandalay
  • Ukrainian: Мандалай
  • Urdu: ماندالے
  • Uzbek: Mandalay
  • Uzbek: Mandale
  • Venetian: Mandalay
  • Vietnamese: Mandalay
  • Waray (Philippines): Mandalay
  • Wu Chinese: 曼德勒
  • Yiddish: מאַנדעלײ
  • Yue Chinese: 曼德勒
  • ma tomo Mantale

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