Mekkhaya

{{Short description|Town in Mandalay Region, Myanmar}} {{Infobox settlement | native_name = မက္ခရာ | official_name = Mekkhaya | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map = Burma | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Myanmar | image_skyline = | image_map = | map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{Flag|MM}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Mandalay Region | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Kyaukse District | subdivision_type3 = Township | subdivision_name3 = Sintgaing Township | unit_pref = Imperial | area_codes = 2 (mobile: 69, 90)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://en.18dao.net/Area_Code/Myanmar | title=Myanmar Area Codes | access-date=2009-11-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201164116/http://en.18dao.net/Area_Code/Myanmar | archive-date=2009-12-01 | url-status=dead }}</ref> | area_total_km2 = | population_as_of = | population_blank1 = Bamar (Burman) | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank2 = Theravada Buddhism | population_blank2_title = Religions | population_density_km2 = auto | established_date = {{circa}} 13th century | established_title = Founded | coordinates = {{coord|21|46|16|N|96|8|42|E|region:MM|display=inline,title}} | elevation_ft = | elevation_m = | timezone = MST | utc_offset = 6:30 | website = }}

'''Mekkhaya''' ({{langx|my|မက္ခရာ}}; also spelled '''Mekkara''') is a small town in Sintgaing Township, Myanmar. It was one of the three capitals of Myanmar from 1297 to 1313 during the Myinsaing period.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ancient cities in Kyaukse plain |url=http://www.mdn.gov.mm/en/ancient-cities-kyaukse-plain |access-date=2025-10-01 |website=MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable people== * Yazathingyan: one of the cofounders of Myinsaing Regency * Prince of Mekkhaya: 19th-century prince who tried to educational and administrative reforms during the reign of King Mindon

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Category:Populated places in Mandalay Region