List of capitals of Myanmar


The current capital of Myanmar is Nay Pyi Taw. The following is a list of political capitals of notable states in Burmese history from the 9th century to the present. The list is generally organised in dynastic and chronological orders. National capitals are shown in bold

List of capitals

StateCapitalPeriodDurationNotes
Pagan KingdomPagan 23 December 849 – 17 December 1297
Myinsaing KingdomMyinsaing, Mekkhaya and Pinle17 December 1297 – 13 April 1310
Myinsaing KingdomPinle13 April 1310 – 7 February 1313
Pinya KingdomPinya
Sagaing KingdomSagaing15 May 1315 – 26 February 1365
Ava KingdomAva 26 February 1365 – 22 January 1555
Prome KingdomProme c. November 1482 – 19 May 154259 years, 6+ months
Hanthawaddy KingdomMartaban 30 January 1287 – February 1364~77 years
Hanthawaddy KingdomDonwunby 29 March 1364 – 13695+ years
Hanthawaddy KingdomPegu 1369 – November 1538169+ years
Hanthawaddy KingdomPegulate June 1550 – 12 March 15521 year, 8+ months
Mrauk-U KingdomLaunggyet18 April 1429 – 16 November 1430
Mrauk-U KingdomMrauk-U16 November 1430 – 2 January 1785
Toungoo DynastyToungoo 16 October 1510 – 153928–29 years
Toungoo DynastyPegu1539 – 30 April 1550~11 years
Toungoo DynastyToungoo11 January 1551 – 12 March 1552
Toungoo DynastyPegu12 March 1552 – 19 December 1599
Toungoo DynastyAva19 December 1599 – 14 May 1613
Toungoo DynastyPegu14 May 1613 – 25 January 1635
Toungoo DynastyAva25 January 1635 – 23 March 1752
Restored Hanthawaddy KingdomPeguNovember 1740 – 6 May 175716 years, 6 months
Konbaung DynastyShwebo29 February 1752 – 26 July 1760
Konbaung DynastySagaing26 July 1760 – 23 July 1765
Konbaung DynastyAva23 July 1765 – 13 May 1783
Konbaung DynastyAmarapura13 May 1783 – 22 November 1821
Konbaung DynastyAva22 November 1821 – 10 February 1842
Konbaung DynastyAmarapura10 February 1842 – 23 May 1859
Konbaung DynastyMandalay23 May 1859 – 29 November 1885
British BurmaMawlamyine and
Sittwe 		24 February 1826 – 20 December 1852
British BurmaMawlamyine
Sittwe
Yangon 		20 December 1852 – 31 January 1862
British BurmaYangon31 January 1862 – 7 March 1942
British BurmaYangon3 May 1945 – 4 January 1948
Japanese BurmaYangon7 March 1942 – 3 May 1945
MyanmarYangon4 January 1948 – 6 November 2005
MyanmarNay Pyi Taw6 November 2005 – present