Location
               Mandalay is located on the eastern bank of the Ayeyawaddy River, in the central part of Myanmar, about 700 kilometres north of the capital Yangon. It is located at 96° 06 minutes of east longitude and 21° 59 minutes of north latitude and at the altitude of 74. 07 metres above sea level.
                Located to the east of the city are the Yan Kin Hill and the Shan mountain ranges; to the west, the Ayeyawaddy, the Sagaing Hills, the Minwun Ranges, the Moe Meik Hill and Min Gun; to the south, the Dokhtawaddy ( Myit Nge ) River; and to the north, the town of Mattaya.   

Areas
               The city of Mandalay is 113.26 square kilometres wide, having the length of 16.83 kilometres from north to south and that of 8.75 kilometres from east to west.
Population
               The city of Mandalay is made up of five townships, namely, Aung Mye Tharzan, Chan Aye Tharzan, Maha Aung Mye, Chan Mya Tharzi and Pyi Gyi Tagun, having eighty-six quarters. The population of Mandalay is 801,707 people in 2000 and the population increase rate is 2.8 percent. According to the census of 1992, the population of Mandalay was 653, 322 people. It is estimated that the population will rise to over one million and a half by the year 2020.

1. University of Mandalay
2. Mandalay University of Distance Education
3. Mandalay University of Foreign Languages
4. Mandalay Technological University
5. Mandalay University of Medicine
6. Yadanabon University
7. University of Traditional Medicine, Mandalay