Siddhicharan Municipality
Siddhicharan Municipality सिद्धिचरण नगरपालिका | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Okhaldhunga Bajaar Entrance Hill within Siddhicharan Municipality (2018) | |
![]() ![]() Siddhicharan Municipality Location of Siddhicharan in map of Province No. 1 ![]() ![]() Siddhicharan Municipality Siddhicharan Municipality (Nepal) | |
Coordinates: 27°19′N 86°30′E / 27.317°N 86.500°ECoordinates: 27°19′N 86°30′E / 27.317°N 86.500°E | |
Country |
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District | Okhaldhunga District |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mohan Kumar Shrestha (NCP) |
• Deputy Mayor | Ichha Gurung (NCP) |
Time zone | UTC+5:45 (NST) |
Website | official website |
Siddhicharan is a municipality and the district headquarter of Okhaldhunga District in Province No. 1 of Nepal that was established in May 2014 by merging the two former Village development committees Andheri, Thulachhap, Jyamire, Salleri, Rumjatar and Okhaldhunga.[1][2] It is named after the Nepali poet Siddhicharan Shrestha.[3] At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 27,995 people living in 6,994 individual households.[4]
Transportation
Rumjatar Airport lies in Old-Rumjatar offering flights to Lukla and Kathmandu.[5]
References
- ↑ 72 new municipalities announced My Republica
- ↑ Govt announces 72 new municipalities The Kathmandu Post
- ↑ "Brief Introduction". Siddhicharan Municipality. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ "National Population and Housing Census 2011" (PDF). Central Bureau of Statistics. November 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ↑ "Rumjatar Airport" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
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