Mandalay (/ˌmændəˈleɪ/ or /ˈmændəleɪ/; Burmese: ᝫᝨᝧᝮᝡ; MLCTS: manta.le: [màɴdəlé]) is a city in Myanmar. There is only one city in Myanmar that has more people than Mandalay. It is 716 km (445 mi) north of Yangon. Mandalay is on the east side of the Irrawaddy River. In 2014, there were 1,225,553 people living there.