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Township of Mandalay in Myanmar

Chanayethazan Township

Chanayethazan Township is a township located in downtown Mandalay, Myanmar.

Chanayethazan Township
Chanayethazan Township · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Chanayethazan Township is a township located in downtown Mandalay, Myanmar. The township is bounded by Aungmyethazan Township and the Mandalay Palace in the north, Patheingyi Township in the east, Maha Aungmye Township in the south, and the Ayeyarwady river in the west. Chanayethazan is the main business district of the city. It is home to the city's biggest shopping center, the Zegyo Market, and most international standard hotels.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Chanayethazan Township

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Mandalay Palace

    The Mandalay Palace, located in Mandalay, Myanmar, is the last royal palace of the last Burmese monarchy. The palace was constructed between 1857 and 1859 as part of King Mindon's founding of the new royal capital city of Mandalay.

    3.2 km · reconstruction of the royal palace of the last Burmese monarchy · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Mandalay University

    Mandalay University is a public liberal arts and science university located in Mandalay, Myanmar and one of the sixteen autonomous universities under Ministry of Education. Formerly an affiliate of Rangoon University, Mandalay University is the second oldest university in Myanmar, and the oldest and largest university in Upper Myanmar.

    1.3 km · University in Myanmar · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Mahamuni Buddha Temple

    The Mahamuni Buddha Temple 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 Arakan.

    1.7 km · temple · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Mandalarthiri Stadium

    Mandalar Thiri Stadium is a multi-use stadium located in Mandalay, Myanmar. It located east of the Mingalar Mandalay.

    3 km · multi-use stadium in Mandalay, Myanmar · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Shweinbin Monastery

    Shweinbin Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, Burma, built in the tradition of Burmese teak architecture. The monastery was built in 1895 by a Sino-Burmese merchant married to a Burmese woman of royal extraction.

    1.8 km · Monastery in Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma) · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Sacred Heart Cathedral, Mandalay

    The Sacred Heart Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Mandalay, Myanmar. Construction of the cathedral began in 1873 and progressed through several development phases before its consecration on 8 December 1890.

    1.9 km · church in Mandalay, Myanmar · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Bahtoo Stadium

    Bahtoo Memorial Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, located in downtown Mandalay, Myanmar. Its address is the corner of 71st st and 30th st beside of the Bahtoo Sport Centre.

    2.5 km · stadium · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Zegyo Market

    Zegyo Market, located in central Mandalay, in Myanmar, is the oldest and most important market in the city.

    1.7 km · shopping mall in Mandalay Division, Myanmar · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery

    Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery, commonly known as the Me Nu Brick Monastery, is a historic Buddhist monastery in Inwa, Mandalay Region, Myanmar. At the behest of its donor Queen Nanmadaw Me Nu, the construction of the brick monastery began on 3 December 1822, and was officially consecrated on 29 January 1828.

    1.1 km · Ancient Buddhist Monastery in Myanmar · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    University of Foreign Languages, Mandalay

    The Mandalay University of Foreign Languages ) [nàɪɰ̃ŋàɰ̃dʑá bàðà ʔətʰúbjṵ tɛʔkəθò ]), located in Mandalay, is one of two specialized universities for the study of foreign languages in Myanmar. The university is located on the 62nd Street, between 22nd and 23rd Streets, Aungmyethazan Township, Mandalay.

    1.7 km · foreign language university in Myanmar · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Chanayethazan Township

Airports
Mandalay (MDL), 31 km · Nay Pyi Taw (NYT), 261 km
Stations
Mandalay Chanmyathazi Airport, 3 km · Mandalay Central Railway Station, 1.2 km
  • Naypyitaw → Chanayethazan Township
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  • Yangon → Chanayethazan Township
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  • Imphal → Chanayethazan Township
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Chanayethazan Township

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chanayethazan Township. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inInle Lake, Kalaw or Mid-Eastern Towns – There are buses available along this route, either a day minibus (05:00 departure, 9,000 kyat, 9 hr) or a night bus with air-con (18:00 departure).
  • Get inThe minibus in the day takes a slightly shorter route than the larger (and some say more comfortable) full-sized night bus.
  • Get inTamu – Minivans leave at around 14:00, 15:00 and 16:00, for 20,300-30,000 kyat.
  • Get aroundTrishaws (cycle rickshaws) are a convenient way of getting around in Mandalay if you're able to find one.
  • Go nextShared taxis come pick you up (6,500 kyat, back seat, 7,000 kyat front, 1½ hr).

From Wikivoyage: Mandalay, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    BaganMM

    12 ways of moving, 50 sources

    154 km
  2. 02
    PaiTH

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    379 km
  3. 03
    ViswemaIN

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    446 km
  4. 04
    Chiang MaiTH

    12 ways of moving, 37 sources

    465 km
  5. 05
    Huay XaiLA

    12 ways of moving, 48 sources

    487 km

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