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Mandalay Vacation Packages and Tours

Overview

Take a trip to Mandalay on your Myanmar vacation.

Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady) River, Mandalay is Myanmar’s second-largest city, and capital city of the Mandalay region, an interesting destination on a Myanmar tour.

Mandalay is the economic hub of Upper Burma, acting as its commercial, educational, and health centre.

A fairly new city, Mandalay was founded in 1857 by King Mindon, at the foot of Mandalay Hill, and acted as the Burmese royal capital until British rule.

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LanguagesBurmese
CurrencyMyanmar Kyat (MMK)

History

During the colonial era, in spite of the British delegating Yangon as the new Burmese commercial and political hub, Mandalay became the centre of Burmese culture and Buddhist teachings and was regarded by the Burmese as a primary symbol of sovereignty and identity.

Before and during Burmese independence, which came in 1948, Mandalay had gone through a process of deterioration. With a high population of Chinese immigrating from Yunnan and Sichuan Province in the 1980s, the city began rebuilding and has become a major trade centre for Lower Burma, Upper Burma, China and India.

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