Biratnagar

Biratnagar Upmahanagarpalika विराटनगर उपमहानगरपालिका Biratnagar
Biratnagar
Coordinates	26 ° 28 '14 "  N , 87 ° 17' 1"  E Coordinates: 26 ° 28 '14 "  N , 87 ° 17' 1"  E
Basic data
Country	Nepal
province	Province No. 1
District	Morang
height	70 m
surface	58.5 km²
Residents	201,125 (2011)
density	3,439.2  Ew. / km²
founding	1951
Website	www.munbiratnagar.gov.np
City law 2nd order 22 wards

Biratnagar is a city in southeastern Nepal in the Terai hill country on the border across from the Indian Jogbani .

The city in the Morang district lies at an altitude of 63 to 78  m . The urban area covers 58.48 km².

Residents

In the 2011 census, Biratnagar had 201,125 inhabitants (101,949 of them male) in 45,131 households. The alphabet rate is 80.49%. The main languages ​​are Nepali and Maithili .

economy

After the capital Kathmandu and the cities of Pokhara and Lalitpur, Biratnagar is the fourth largest city in Nepal (see Cities in Nepal ) and the most important economic center with good transport links and the like. a. both to the Kathmandu valley and to Bihar in India . The city is also the district capital of Morang within the Koshi zone and also benefits from the fertility of the region. Branches of business are not only jute processing and agricultural production, there are also small and medium-sized industrial companies, e.g. B. in the fields of chemistry, oil, steel, mainly located in the direction of the city of Itahari, which is 15 kilometers to the north .

Biratnagar has an airport on the western outskirts . From here there are not only regular flights to Kathmandu , but it is also an important starting point for flight connections to the high mountain regions in the east of the country.

The local automobile manufacturer Hulas Motors also has its headquarters here.

To the west is nearby the Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve , a place for bird watching. The Koshi Gorge on the Koshi River of the same name is impressive. Biratnagar is a hub for air routes in the east of Nepal.

For tourists there are routes to Sikkim and Darjiling . For mountaineers, Biratnagar u. a. Starting point to the Kangchenjunga .

climate

Biratnagar has a tropical climate with hot summers when the temperature never drops below 23 ° C and mild winters where temperatures below 7 ° C are extremely rare. The coldest temperature ever recorded is 3.1 ° C, the warmest 43.2 ° C. Normally the temperatures in summer are between 33 ° and 26 °, in winter between 24 ° and 10 °.

Biratnagar
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     12   23 9     13   26th 11     13   31 16     53   34 20th     186   33 23     302   33 25th     531   32 26th     378   33 26th     299   32 25th     92   32 21st     6th   29 15th     7th   25th 11 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: www.dhm.gov.np (PDF; 191 kB)

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Biratnagar Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 22.7 26.1 30.9 33.9 33.3 32.9 32.1 32.5 32.1 31.6 29.3 25.4 O 30.2 Min. Temperature (° C) 9 11.1 15.6 20.4 23.3 25.2 25.6 25.8 24.7 21.1 15.3 10.5 O 19th Temperature (° C) 15.9 18.6 23.3 27.2 28.3 29.1 28.9 29.2 28.4 26.4 22.3 18th O 24.7 Precipitation ( mm ) 12 13 13 53 186 302 531 378 299 92 6th 7th Σ 1,892 Source: www.dhm.gov.np (PDF; 191 kB)

Web links

Commons : Biratnagar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the city
• http://www.nepalvista.com/travel/biratnagar.html
• http://www.biratnews.com/
• Street scenes on merobiratnagar.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ National Geographic Information Infrastructure Program, Index of Geographical names of Nepal 2007 (p. 11). ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 127 kB) 
2. ↑ 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. 
3. ↑ National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF; 2.1 MB) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.