Chaurikharka

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Chaurikharka
चौरीखर्क
Chaurikharka चौरीखर्क (Nepal)
Chaurikharka चौरीखर्क
Chaurikharka
चौरीखर्क
Coordinates 27 ° 42 '  N , 86 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 27 ° 42 '  N , 86 ° 43'  E
Basic data
Country Nepal

province

Province No. 1
Zone Sagarmatha
District Solukhumbu
height 2650 m
Residents 3709 (2011)
River Dudhkoshi at Ghat (picture from 1997)
River Dudhkoshi at Ghat (picture from 1997)

Chaurikharka ( Nepali चौरीखर्क ; also Chauri Kharka ) is a village and a Village Development Committee (VDC) in the Solukhumbu district of the Sagarmatha administrative zone in eastern Nepal .

The VDC Chaurikharka is located in the High Himalayas , 35 km south-southwest of Mount Everest . The mountains Kongde Ri in the west and Kangtega and Kusum Kanguru in the east lie within or on the border of Chaurikharka. The Dudhkoshi River cuts the VDC area to the south. Most of the villages are above the river valley. The airfield near Lukla is an important gateway for tourists to the Mount Everest area. The Mount Everest Trek leads along the Dudhkoshi past the villages of Chaurikharka.

Residents

The VDC Chaurikharka had 3709 inhabitants (1872 of them male) in 968 households in the 2011 census.

Villages and Hamlets

Chaurikharka consists of several villages and hamlets . The most important are:

  • Benkar ( 2750  m )
  • Chaurikharka ( 2750  m )
  • Chheplung ( 2670  m )
  • Ghat ( 2820  m )
  • Lukla ( 2850  m )
  • Manjo ( 2820  m )
  • Nachipang ( 2700  m )
  • Phakding ( 2620  m )
  • Sano Gemela ( 3040  m )
  • Sengma ( 2685  m )
  • Surke ( 2250  m )
  • Thulo Gemela ( 3060  m )
  • Toktok ( 2700  m )

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of the section Villages and Hamlets : OSM

gallery

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. National Population and Housing Census 2011 (PDF) Central Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.
  2. ^ District: Solukhumbu. List of Settlements (PDF) In: Index of Geographical names of Nepal . National Geographic Information Infrastructure Program. www.ngiip.gov.np. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. 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. Retrieved September 5, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ngiip.gov.np