Kalikot District

Kalikot District
कालीकोट जिल्ला
District
Country Nepal
Province Karnali Pradesh
Admin HQ. Manma (today part of Khandachakra Municipality)
Government
 • Type Coordination committee
 • Body DCC, Kalikot
Area
 • Total 1,741 km2 (672 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 136,948
 • Density 79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+5:45 (NPT)

Kalikot District (Nepali: कालीकोट जिल्ला Listen , a part of Karnali province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Manma as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,741 km², had a population of 105,580 in 2001 and 136,948 in 2011. In September 2005, in a bid to encourage a change in social attitudes, the government announced that it would provide rice to any family that had recently had a girl born.[1]

Geography and Climate

Climate Zone[2] Elevation Range % of Area
Upper Tropical 300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.		  1.8%
Subtropical 1,000 to 2,000 meters
3,300 to 6,600 ft.		 20.6%
Temperate 2,000 to 3,000 meters
6,400 to 9,800 ft.		 39.4%
Subalpine 3,000 to 4,000 meters
9,800 to 13,100 ft.		 37.3%
Alpine 4,000 to 5,000 meters
13,100 to 16,400 ft.		  0.8%

Administration

The district consists of nine municipalities, out of which four are urban municipalities and five are rural municipalities. These are as follows:[3]


Former Village Development Committees

Prior to the restructuring of the district, Kalikot District consisted of the following municipalities and Village development committees:

Map of the VDCs in Kalikot District

See also

References

  1. ↑ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 - US Department of State
  2. ↑ The Map of Potential Vegetation of Nepal - a forestry/agroecological/biodiversity classification system (PDF), Forest & Landscape Development and Environment Series 2-2005 and CFC-TIS Document Series No.110., 2005, ISBN 87-7903-210-9, retrieved Nov 22, 2013
  3. ↑ "स्थानिय तह" (in Nepali). Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  • UN map of VDC boundaries, water features and roads in Kalikot
  • "Districts of Nepal". Statoids.

Coordinates: 29°9′0″N 81°37′0″E / 29.15000°N 81.61667°E / 29.15000; 81.61667

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