Bhim Datta
| Bhim Datta Nagarpalika भीमदत्त नगरपालिका Bhim Datta |
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| Coordinates | 28 ° 58 ′ N , 80 ° 11 ′ E | ||
| Basic data | |||
| Country | Nepal | ||
| Sudurpashchim | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | NP-P7 | ||
| District | Kanchanpur | ||
| height | 214 m | ||
| surface | 171.2 km² | ||
| Residents | 104,599 (2011) | ||
| density | 610.8 Ew. / km² | ||
| Website | bheemdattamun.gov.np | ||
| politics | |||
| Chief Executive Officer | Lok Bahadur Sunar (October 2015) | ||
| 19 wards | |||
Bhim Datta or Bhimdatta , formerly Mahendranagar (महेन्द्रनगर), is a city ( municipality ) in the far west of Nepal , about six kilometers from the border with India and the border river Mahakali at an altitude of 214 m .
Bhim Datta is the administrative seat of Kanchanpur District in Sudurpashchim Province .
Origin of name
The former name "Mahendranagar" after King Mahendra of Nepal was changed after the abolition of the monarchy in 2008. Bhim Datta Pant was a Nepalese freedom fighter over the past century.
Residents
Bhim Datta is one of the ten largest cities in the country. At the 1991 census it still had a population of 62,050. and in 2001 there were 80,839. At the 2011 census, Bhim Datta had a population of 104,599.
meaning
Bhim Datta is the economic center of the former Mahakali zone and an important border crossing point to India. There is a neglected airfield; former connections to Kathmandu. The city is the western terminus of the national east-west highway Mahendra Rajmarg , which is part of the Asian Highway 2 , and the starting point of spur roads into the Himalayas.
Individual evidence
- ^ National Geographic Information Infrastructure Program, Index of Geographical names of Nepal 2007 (p. 8 no. 267). ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2009 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. (PDF; 60 kB)
- ↑ Nepal Census 2001 . In: Nepal's Village Development Committees . Digital Himalaya . Retrieved November 24, 2008.
- ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.
