Mekkhaya

Mekkhaya
မက္ခရာ
Mekkhaya

Location in Burma

Coordinates: 21°0′0″N 96°4′0″E / 21.00000°N 96.06667°E / 21.00000; 96.06667Coordinates: 21°0′0″N 96°4′0″E / 21.00000°N 96.06667°E / 21.00000; 96.06667
Country  Burma
Division Mandalay Region
District Kyaukse District
Township Mekkhaya
Founded c. 13th century
Population
  Ethnicities Burman
  Religions Theravada Buddhism
Time zone MST (UTC6:30)
Area code(s) 2 (mobile: 69, 90)[1]

Mekkhaya (Burmese: မက္ခရာ; also spelled Mekkara) is a small town just south of Mandalay, in Mandalay Division, Myanmar.

See also

References

  1. "Myanmar Area Codes".
  2. Maung Htin Aung (1967). A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press. pp. 71–79.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, June 23, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.