Pipara Simara
| Simara पिपरा सिमरा Jeetpur Simara Sub Metropolitan | |
|---|---|
| Village of Jeetpur Simara Sub Metropolitan City | |
  Simara Location in Nepal | |
| Coordinates: 27°10′N 84°58′E / 27.16°N 84.97°ECoordinates: 27°10′N 84°58′E / 27.16°N 84.97°E | |
| Country | Nepal |
| Province | Province No. 2 |
| District | Bara District |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 23,835 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time) |
| Area code(s) | 053-52xxxx |
Pipara Simara (also Pipra Simra or Simara or Simra; Nepali: पिपरा सिमरा or सिमरा) is a town in Gadhimai Municipality in Bara District in Province No. 2 of south-eastern Nepal. The formerly Village Development Committee was merged to form a new municipality on 18 May 2014. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 23,835 people living in 5,253 individual households.[1]
Climate
The highest temperature ever recorded in Simara was 42.8 °C (109.0 °F) on 6 June 1979, while the lowest temperature ever recorded was 1.0 °C (33.8 °F) on 23 January 1985.[2]
| Climate data for Simara Airport 130m (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
30.7 (87.3) |
34.9 (94.8) |
34.9 (94.8) |
34.3 (93.7) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.3 (90.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
28.7 (83.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
30.4 (86.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) |
17.5 (63.5) |
22.2 (72) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
17.0 (62.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
19.0 (66.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
24.2 (75.6) |
20.0 (68) |
13.9 (57) |
9.3 (48.7) |
18.1 (64.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.4 (0.567) |
14.1 (0.555) |
18.4 (0.724) |
50.4 (1.984) |
130.9 (5.154) |
282.0 (11.102) |
580.9 (22.87) |
439.2 (17.291) |
291.9 (11.492) |
69.4 (2.732) |
5.0 (0.197) |
11.2 (0.441) |
1,907.8 (75.11) |
| Source: Department Of Hydrology and Meteorology[3] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
Simara is connected with Birgunj in the South and with Pathlaiya in the north by the Tribhuvan Highway. Simara Airport was established on 4 July 1958.[4]
Media
To promote local culture, giving peoples news and entertainment, Simara has three FM radio stations. Radio Simara (106 MHz) is a community radio station and a new FM station is going to be on air soon called Radio Samarpan 98.2 MHz which is testing its transmission.
References
- ↑ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved November 2, 2008.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2016. . Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ↑ . Department Of Hydrology and Meteorology Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ↑ "simara airport". September 28, 2006. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
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