Arjundhara
| Arjundhara | |||
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 41 '8 " N , 87 ° 59' 34" E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Nepal | ||
| Province No. 1 | |||
| District | Jhapa | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | NP-P1 | ||
| height | 170 m | ||
| surface | 58.6 km² | ||
| Residents | 45,174 (2011) | ||
| density | 770.9 Ew. / km² | ||
| founding | May 18, 2014 | ||
| Website | www.shaniarjunmun.gov.np | ||
| politics | |||
| Mayor | Hari Kumar Rana (December 2018) | ||
| 9 wards | |||
Arjundhara ( Nepali नगरपालिका ) is a city ( municipality ) in the extreme east of the Terai in Nepal in the Jhapa district .
The city was created in 2014 from the merger of the Village Development Committees Sanischare and Arjundhara . The new city was originally named Shani-Arjun . In 2017 the name Arjundhara was chosen again. The city is named after a well-known sanctuary, the Arjundhara Temple .
Arjundhara is 4 km north of the city of Birtamod . The city administration is located in Sanischare Bazar . The urban area covers 58.6 km².
Residents
At the 2011 census, the VDCs that made up the city of Shani-Arjun had 45,174 inhabitants (21,414 of them male) in 10,166 households.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 72 new municipalities announced . My Republica.com. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ Government announces 72 new municipalities . The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ↑ Municipal Association of Nepal (MuAN) ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF; 2.1 MB) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.
Web links
Commons : Shani-Arjun Municipality - Collection of images, videos and audio files
