Patheingyi Township ( my, ပုသိမ်ကြီးမြို့နယ်, ) is located in the eastern part of
Mandalay,
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
. The township is bounded by
Aungmyethazan Township
Aungmyethazan Township (also Aungmyethasan Township; my, အောင်မြေသာစံ မြို့နယ် ) is the northernmost (and city centre core) township of Mandalay, Myanmar. The township is bounded by the Ayeyarwady river in ...
and
Chanayethazan Township
Chanayethazan Township ( my, ချမ်းအေးသာစံ မြို့နယ်, ) is a township located in downtown Mandalay, Myanmar. The township is bounded by Aungmyethazan Township and the Mandalay Palace in the north, and Pathein ...
in the west.
Incorporated into the Mandalay city's limits, Patheingyi represents the eastward march of Mandalay's
urban sprawl
Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city." Urban sprawl has been described as the unrestricted growt ...
. Patheingyi is still largely made up of rice paddy fields but in the past two decades has become home to a number of universities.
Notable places
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Mandalay Tuberculosis Hospital
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Mandalay Technological University
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University of Computer Studies, Mandalay
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University of Culture, Mandalay
The National University of Art and Culture, Mandalay, (, ), located in Patheingyi, Mandalay, is one of two performing and visual arts universities in Myanmar. The university offers bachelor's degree programs in traditional Burmese performing and ...
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University of Medical Technology, Mandalay
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University of Paramedical Science, Mandalay
The University of Medical Technology, Mandalay ( my, ဆေးဘက်ဆိုင်ရာ နည်းပညာ တက္ကသိုလ် (မန္တလေး), ; formerly, the Institute of Paramedical Science, Mandalay), located in Pat ...
* Upper Myanmar TB Center
References
{{Administrative divisions of Burma (Myanmar)
Townships of Mandalay
Townships of Mandalay Region
Mandalay