Yandabo is a village on the

Irrawaddy River The Irrawaddy River (, , Ayeyarwady) is the principal river of Myanmar, running through the centre of the country. Myanmar’s most important commercial waterway, it is about 1,350 miles (2,170 km) long. Originating from the confluence of the ...

Myingyan Township Myingyan () is a township of Myingyan District in the Mandalay Division of Burma. The township covers an area of and as of 2014 it had a population of 276,190 people. In 2023, it had a population of 289,278 people. The township has 2 towns- the p ...

, central

Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...

. The

Treaty of Yandabo The Treaty of Yandabo ( ) was the peace treaty that ended the First Anglo-Burmese War. The treaty was signed on 24February 1826, nearly two years after the war formally broke out on 5March 1824, by General Sir Archibald Campbell on the British ...

which ended the

First Anglo-Burmese War The First Anglo-Burmese War (; ; 5 March 1824 – 24 February 1826), also known as the First Burma War in English language accounts and First English Invasion War () in Burmese language accounts, was the first of three wars fought between the ...

(1824–1826), was signed here on 24 February 1826. Today, the village is noted for its pottery industry.

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Populated places in Mandalay Region {{Mandalay-geo-stub