Shwebo is a city in Sagaing Region, Myanmar, located 113 km northwest of Mandalay between the Irrawaddy and the Mu rivers. The city was the national capital from 1752 to 1760 during the Konbaung period. According to the saying "Oakallawmyi Kongbaung tee",Shwebo was built on 6th Waning of First Waso, 1115 ME (ျန္ာသကၠရာဇ္ ၁၁၁၅ ခုႏွစ္၊ ပထ ၀ါဆိုလျပည့္ေက်ာ္ ၆ ရက္၊ ၾကာသပေတးေန႔)by the king Alaungpayar U Aung Zeya.