Bajura

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बाजुरा जिल्ला
Bajura District
Location of the Bajura district (dark green) in the Sudurpashchim province and in Nepal
Location of the Bajura district (dark green) in the Sudurpashchim province and in Nepal
Basic data
Country Nepal
province Sudurpashchim
Seat Martadi ( Badimalika )
surface 2188 km²
Residents 136,948 (2011 census)
density 63 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 NP-P7
Website www.ddcbajura.gov.np

Coordinates: 29 ° 31 '  N , 81 ° 33'  E

The district of Bajura ( Nepali बाजुरा जिल्ला Bājurā Jillā ) is one of 77 districts in Nepal and has belonged to Sudurpashchim Province since the 2015 constitution . The administrative seat is Martadi .

history

The district was in the Seti administrative zone until 2015 .

geography

The district covers the eastern edge of the Guran's Himal . The Humla Karnali flows south along the eastern district boundary . The Karnali , whose continuation below the confluence of the Mugu Karnali , flows through the far east of the district. Another important river in the Bajura district is the Budhiganga , which drains the western part of the district to the southwest.

The 6935  m high eastern summit of Saipal (also Tiger Top ) in the northwest corner of the district forms the highest elevation of Bajura.

Bajura was the poorest district in Nepal with a Human Development Index of 0.32. For comparison: the capital Kathmandu had an index of 0.71 at that time.

Residents

At the 2001 census it had 108,781 inhabitants; In 2011 there were 136,948.

Administrative division

Cities ( municipalities ) in Bajura district:

Gaunpalikas (rural communities):

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

Web links

Commons : Bajura 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. ^ John Reynolds: Bajura District. International Nepal Fellowship, 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 17, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c Federal affairs ministry renames five local units. Kathmandu Post, February 19, 2019, accessed on February 22, 2019 .