Burma / Myanmar: Boatman on the Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady) River, Amarapura, south of Mandalay

Amarapura is a former capital of Myanmar, and now a township of Mandalay. Amarapura is bounded by the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) river in the west, Chanmyathazi township in the north, and the city of Innwa (Ava) in the south.

Amarapura, Pali for City of Immortality, was the capital of Burma (Myanmar) for three separate periods during the Konbaung dynasty in the 18th and 19th centuries before finally being supplanted by Mandalay in 1857. Though historically referred to as Taungmyo (Southern City) in relation to Mandalay, Amarapura today is part of Mandalay, as a result of the urban sprawl.

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Photographer:

Oliver Hargreave

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Pictures From Asia