Makwanpur District

Makawanpur District
मकवानपुर
District
Country Nepal
Province Province No. 3
Admin HQ. Hetauda
Government
 • Type Coordination committee
 • Body DCC, Makawanpur
Area
 • Total 2,426 km2 (937 sq mi)
Population (2011[1])
 • Total 420,477
 • Density 170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+5:45 (NPT)
Main Language(s) Nepali
Website www.ddcmakwanpur.gov.np

Makawanpur District(Nepali: मकवानपुर जिल्ला Listen , a part of Province No. 3, earlier a part of Narayani Zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Hetauda as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,426 km² and had a population of 392,604 in 2001 and 420,477 in 2011.

Geography and Climate

Climate Zone[2] Elevation Range % of Area
Lower Tropical below 300 meters (1,000 ft)  7.2%
Upper Tropical 300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.		 59.0%
Subtropical 1,000 to 2,000 meters
3,300 to 6,600 ft.		 28.9%
Temperate 2,000 to 3,000 meters
6,400 to 9,800 ft.		  4.9%

Administration

The district consists of 13 Municipalities, out of which one is a sub-metropolitain city, one is an urban municipality and eight are rural municipaliies. These are as follows:[3]

Former Village Development Committees and Municipalities

Map of the VDCs and Municipalities (blue) in Makwanpur District

References

  1. ↑ General Bureau of Statistics, Kathmandu, Nepal, Nov. 2012
  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.
  • "Districts of Nepal". Statoids.

Coordinates: 27°25′N 85°02′E / 27.417°N 85.033°E / 27.417; 85.033

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