Chhonhup

Chhonhup छोनहुप
Chhonhup छोनहुप
Coordinates	29 ° 14 ′  N , 83 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 29 ° 14 ′  N , 83 ° 56 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Nepal
province	Gandaki
Zone	Dhaulagiri
District	mustang
height	4100 m
Residents	801 (2011)
Chörten at the entrance to the Garphu settlement

Chhonhup ( Nepali छोनहुप or Chhondup ) is a Village Development Committee (VDC) in the Mustang district in the upper river valley of the Kali Gandaki .

Chhonhup is located in the far north of the district on the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region ( PR China ). Chhonhup is north of Lo Manthang and was formerly part of the Lo Kingdom .

Residents

At the 2011 census, Chhonhup had 801 inhabitants (365 male) in 202 households.

Villages and Hamlets

Chhonhup consists of several villages and hamlets :

• Arka ( 3845  m ⊙ )
• Bhankadanda ( 3860  m )
• Bharma ( 4160  m )
• Chumjung ( 4100  m ⊙ )
• Garphu ( 3897  m ⊙ )
• Kimaling ( 3980  m ⊙ )
• Namgyal ( 3860  m ⊙ )
• Nhichung ( 3820  m ⊙ )
• Nyamdo ( 4020  m )
• Phuwa ( 3922  m ⊙ )
• Thingar ( 3980  m ⊙ )
• Tilekheji ( 3900  m )
• Yachebu ( 3897  m ⊙ )

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

Web links

Commons : Chhonhup  - 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: Mustang. 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 February 6, 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 April 15, 2014.