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| Shwebo is a city in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar, located 113 km northwest of Mandalay on the eastern bank of the Chindwin River. It is along the Mandalay-Myitkyina railway line but is best reached by pickup truck or bus as the roads from Mandalay and Monywa are in reasonably good shape.
The area around Shwebo was the site of the ancient Pyu city-state of Hanlin.
Shwebo was royal capital of Burma under King Alaungpaya, a Shwebo native, from 1760-1764. He used the city as a base from which to conquer Ava and Lower Burma, establishing the Third Burmese Empire. His successor, King Hsinbyushin, moved the capital to Amarapura in the 1780s, and the city has been in decline ever since.
As with Monywa, the city is a trade center for agricultural produce, especially beans, rice and sesame from the surrounding plains between the Mu and the Ayeyarwady River.
The major tourist attractions in Shwebo, although few tourists make the journey and facilities are very limited, are its numerous Buddhist temples, and the ruins of Alaungpaya's palace. The city is still surrounded by its ancient moat. There are many pagodas, such as Shwe-ta-sar and Myoe-htunt pagodas.
In the very hot summer, people who live in Shwebo believe that rain comes when people bring the Shwe-ta-sar Buddha image around the town.
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