Bajhang

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बझाङ जिल्ला
Bajhang District
Location of the Bajhang district (dark green) in the Sudurpashchim province and in Nepal.
Location of the Bajhang district (dark green) in the Sudurpashchim province and in Nepal.
Basic data
Country Nepal
province Sudurpashchim
Seat Chainpur ( Jayaprithvi )
surface 3422 km²
Residents 167,026 (2011 census)
density 49 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 NP-P7

Coordinates: 29 ° 41 ′  N , 81 ° 10 ′  E

The district of Bajhang ( Nepali बझाङ जिल्ला Bajhāng Jillā ) is one of 77 districts in Nepal and has belonged to Sudurpashchim Province since the 2015 constitution .

history

It was located in the Seti administrative zone until 2015 .

geography

The upper reaches of the Seti flow through the district in a predominantly south-south-west direction. In the far north of the district is the Himalayan mountain range Gurans Himal .

The administrative headquarters are in the former VDC Chainpur , now part of the Jayaprithvi municipality .

In 2017, Bajhang was one of the ten poorest and most underdeveloped districts in Nepal with a Human Development Index value of less than 0.4.

Residents

At the 2001 census it had 167,026 inhabitants; In 2011 there were 195,159.

Administrative division

Cities ( municipalities ) in Bajhang District:

Gaunpalikas (rural communities):

By 2017, the district was divided into the following Village Development Committees (VDCs):

Web links

Commons : Bajhang District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schedule-4 States, and Districts to be included in the concerned States. - Nepal Law Commission. Retrieved December 13, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Bajura, not Saptari, is the most backward district of Nepal. December 14, 2017, accessed January 17, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics, Census 2011: National Report (pp. 51–52, Population Total and Area in Sq. Km ). ( Memento from May 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 7.8 MB)
  4. ↑ a b Nepal: Administrative Unit - State 7 Map | UN Nepal Information Platform. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Federal affairs ministry renames five local units. Kathmandu Post, February 19, 2019, accessed on February 22, 2019 .